When Act 1244 of the Seventy-eighth Arkansas General Assembly, was signed into law by Governor Bill Clinton on April 17, 1991, it re-designated and redefined the mission of eleven existing postsecondary vocational-technical schools located throughout the state to technical colleges.

In October 1991, the governor appointed the charter members of the Pines Technical College Board of Trustees.

The college's first president, Dr. Terry J. Puckett (1992–2000), was appointed by the board effective December 1, 1992.

On Nov. 30 2017, the SEARK Board of Trustees announced Steven Bloomberg as the college's new president.

SEARK College provides nursing and allied health, criminal justice, computer training, and academic transfer programs, among others.