Date Updated: November 15, 2006

IMPORTANT NOTE: This information is current as of the date this site was updated and is provided for informational purposes only. The eligibility requirements and rules governing the programs administered by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education are subject to legislative and regulatory amendments subsequent to the date this site was updated. Please e-mail the Financial Aid Division at finaid@adhe.arknet.edu if you should need further information.

Please Note:  Due to current economic conditions, awards for this program may be limited by the availability of funds.  Applicants are encouraged to apply but are also encouraged to pursue all sources of financial aid. See our links to other financial aid sources.

The Law Enforcement Officers’ (LEO) Dependents Scholarship program provides an eight-semester scholarship to any state-supported college, university, or technical institute in Arkansas to dependents of Arkansas residents in one of the categories below who were killed or permanently disabled in the line-of-duty:

• Law enforcement officers
• Full-time or volunteer firefighters
• Municipal and/or college or university police officers
• Sheriffs or deputy sheriffs
• Constables
• Game Wardens
• Certain Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department employees
• State forestry employees engaged in fighting forest fires
• State correction employees killed or totally disabled due to contact with inmates or parolees
• State park employees who are commissioned law enforcement officers or emergency response employees
• Emergency Medical Technicians
• Department of Community Punishment employees

The scholarship will pay the cost of tuition, fees and dormitory room charges when provided in campus-owned facilities. The scholarship will not pay the cost of books, food, school supplies and materials, or fees for extracurricular activities.

Dependent children are eligible to receive benefits for eight semesters and must be less than twenty-three (23) years of age on or before the first day of the semester or quarter. Spouses are entitled to an eight-semester scholarship. The spouse will no longer be eligible if he or she re-marries. The benefits will cease at the end of the semester in which the spouse is currently enrolled at the time of the re-marriage.

Call (501) 371-2050 or (800) 54-STUDY for an application or click to download an application in pdf format.