(a) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall develop a plan to maximize transfer credits of students from institutions within the system, including the development of a core transfer program for students desiring to obtain a baccalaureate degree after transferring from an institution within the two-year system to the four-year system.
(b) All programs and curricula in the college transfer program shall be subject to the approval or disapproval of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
(c) The board shall develop, with the assistance of institutional advisory committees, policies for transfer students from technical and community colleges to four-year institutions.