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Act 71 of the Fiscal Session
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State of Arkansas 1
94th General Assembly A Bill 2
Fiscal Session, 2024 HOUSE BILL 1056 3
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By: Joint Budget Committee 5
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For An Act To Be Entitled 7
AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR PERSONAL SERVICES 8
AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE HENDERSON STATE 9
UNIVERSITY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025; 10
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 11
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Subtitle 14
AN ACT FOR THE HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY 15
APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2024-2025 FISCAL 16
YEAR. 17
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 20
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SECTION 1. REGULAR SALARIES - OPERATIONS. There is hereby established 22
for the Henderson State University for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the 23
following maximum number of regular employees. 24
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Maximum Annual 26
Maximum Salary Rate 27
Item No. of Fiscal Year 28
No. Title Employees 2024 -2025 29
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 30
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 31
(1) Chancellor, Henderson State Univ. 1 $312,313 32
(2) Vice Chancellor 4 $209,157 33
(3) Dean of School 4 $199,621 34
(4) Associate Vice Chancellor 4 $188,065 35
(5) Exec. Assistant to the President 1 $182,640 36 HB1056
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(6) Dir. of Computer/Comms. Svcs. 1 $175,305 1
(7) Controller 1 $161,465 2
(8) Associate Dean 3 $160,369 3
(9) Executive Director of Diversity 1 $160,369 4
(10) Director of Counseling 1 $150,030 5
(11) Director of Retention 1 $147,851 6
(12) Project/Program Administrator 35 7
Sr. Project/Program Director $142,958 8
Project/Program Director $131,538 9
Project/Program Manager $119,204 10
Project/Program Specialist $102,848 11
(13) Dean of Student Services 1 $136,179 12
(14) Associate Director of Comp./Comms. Svcs. 1 $134,229 13
(15) Director of Planning and Research 1 $131,928 14
(16) Director of Student A id 1 $131,243 15
(17) Counselor 3 $123,553 16
(18) Assoc. Dean of Student Services 4 $122,375 17
(19) Director of Testing 1 $111,133 18
(20) Director of Alumni 1 $105,526 19
(21) Director of Publications/Creative Svcs. 1 $105,014 20
(22) Director of Instructional Technology 1 $103,432 21
(23) Assistant Dean of Student Services 5 $100,388 22
(24) Major Gift Devel. Officer 1 $100,388 23
(25) Fiscal Support Pool 10 24
Fiscal Support Manager $89,227 25
Fiscal Support Supervisor $73,338 26
Accountant II $70,518 27
Accountant I $67,806 28
Fiscal Support Analyst $65,197 29
Fiscal Support Specialist $57,961 30
Accounting Technician $53,587 31
Fiscal Support Technician $49,544 32
(26) Aircraft Maintenance Coordinator 1 $88,467 33
(27) Public Safety Pool 10 34
HE Public Safety Commander III $87,425 35
Director Public Safety I $85,795 36 HB1056
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HE Public Safety Commander II $84,063 1
HE Public Safety Commander I $80,829 2
HE Public Safety Supervisor $71,858 3
Public Safety Officer $69,094 4
Public Safety Officer II $63,881 5
Security Officer Supe rvisor $60,279 6
Public Safety/Security Officer $54,605 7
HE Public Safety Dispatcher $45,806 8
Parking Control Supv. $45,806 9
Security Officer $45,806 10
Parking Control Officer $44,045 11
Watchman $37,650 12
(28) Institutional Assistant 11 $87,190 13
(29) Computer Support Specialist 1 $77,721 14
(30) Network Support Analyst 1 $74,731 15
(31) Information Systems Analyst 2 $71,858 16
(32) Skilled Trades Pool 3 17
Skilled Trades Foreman $71,858 18
Skilled Trades Supervisor $69,094 19
Skilled Tradesman $66,436 20
Skilled Trades Helper $50,486 21
Apprentice Tradesman $44,882 22
(33) Aviation Technician 2 $70,518 23
(34) HEI Program Coordinator 4 $67,806 24
(35) Computer Support Technician 3 $66,436 25
(36) Administrative Support Pool 35 26
Administrative Assistant $65,197 27
Administrative Analyst $65,197 28
Administrative Support Supervisor $60,279 29
Administrative Specialist III $57,961 30
Administration Support Specialist $57,961 31
Administrative Specialist II $51,526 32
Administrative Suppor t Specialist $51,526 33
Administrative Specialist I $45,806 34
Extra Help Assistant $37,650 35
(37) Financial Aid Analyst 4 $65,197 36 HB1056
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(38) Library Support Pool 6 1
Library Supervisor $65,197 2
Library Specialist $55,731 3
Library Technician $51,526 4
Library Support Assistant $47,639 5
(39) Payroll Services Specialist 2 $65,197 6
(40) Purchasing Specialist 2 $65,197 7
(41) Network Analyst 1 $63,881 8
(42) Career Planning & Placement Specialist 1 $62,690 9
(43) Financial Aid Specialist 2 $60,279 10
(44) Human Resources Specialist 1 $60,279 11
(45) Student Recruitment Specialist 1 $60,279 12
(46) Purchasing Technician 1 $57,961 13
(47) Cashier 2 $49,544 14
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 15
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 16
(48) Faculty 8 17
Professor $191,745 18
Assoc. Professor $178,474 19
Asst. Professor $151,800 20
Instructor $124,787 21
(49) Department Chairperson 8 $186,905 22
(50) Director of Library 1 $177,898 23
(51) Director of Aviation 1 $134,929 24
(52) Director of Bands 1 $134,929 25
(53) Director of Honors College 1 $134,929 26
(54) Library Faculty 6 27
Associate Librarian $128,468 28
Assistant Librarian $106,664 29
(55) Chief Flight Instructor 1 $106,282 30
NINE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 31
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 32
(56) Faculty 160 33
Distinguished Professor $205,808 34
Professor $180,549 35
Assoc. Professor $158,286 36 HB1056
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Asst. Professor $132,517 1
Instructor $103,390 2
Lecturer $86,769 3
(57) Part-Time Faculty 75 $54,308 4
(58) Graduate Assistant 65 $32,623 5
TWELVE MONTH AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES 6
POSITIONS 7
(59) Director of Athletics 1 $154,891 8
(60) Coach 9 $141,519 9
(61) Project/Program Administrator 10 10
Project/Program Director $ 131,538 11
Project/Program Manager $119,204 12
Project/Program Specialist $102,848 13
(62) Assistant Coach 11 $111,247 14
(63) Head Athletic Trainer 1 $111,247 15
(64) Administrative Support Pool 6 16
Administrative Assistant $65,197 17
Administrative Analys t $65,197 18
Administrative Support Supervisor $60,279 19
Administrative Specialist III $57,961 20
Administration Support Specialist $57,961 21
Administrative Specialist II $51,526 22
Administrative Support Specialist $51,526 23
Administrative Specialist I $45,806 24
(65) Asst. Athletic Trainer 2 $58,740 25
(66) Resident Hall Specialist 4 $55,731 26
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 555 27
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SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP - OPERATIONS. There is hereby authorized, for 29
the Henderson State University for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the following 30
maximum number of part -time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra 31
Help", payable from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: five 32
hundred (500) temporary or part-time employees, when needed, at rates of pay 33
not to exceed those provided in the Uniform Classification and Compensation 34
Act, or its successor, or this act for the appropriate classification. 35
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SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - STATE OPERATIONS. There is hereby 1
appropriated, to the Henderson State University , to be payable from the 2
Henderson State University Fund , for personal services and operating expenses 3
of the Henderson State University for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, 4
the following: 5
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 7
NO. 2024 -2025 8
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $11 ,000,000 9
(02) EXTRA HELP 40,000 10
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 3,000,000 11
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 12
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 7,913,927 13
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 14
(C) PROF. FEES 0 15
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 400,000 16
(E) DATA PROC. 0 17
(05) FUNDED DEPRECIATION 200,000 18
(06) COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTER 86,917 19
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $22,640,844 20
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SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - CASH FUNDS. There is hereby appropriated, 22
to the Henderson State University , to be payable from cash funds as defin ed 23
by Arkansas Code 19-4-801, for personal services and operating expenses of 24
the Henderson State University for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, the 25
following: 26
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 28
NO. 2024-2025 29
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $15,000,000 30
(02) EXTRA HELP 2,000,000 31
(03) OVERTIME 100,000 32
(04) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 3,000,000 33
(05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 34
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 20,000,000 35
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 1,000,000 36 HB1056
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(C) PROF. FEES 3,000,000 1
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 3,000,000 2
(E) DATA PROC. 0 3
(06) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 20,000,000 4
(07) DEBT SERVICE 10,000,000 5
(08) FUND TRANSFERS, REFUNDS AND 6
INVESTMENTS 2,000,000 7
(09) FUNDED DEPRECIATION 200,000 8
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $79,300,000 9
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SECTION 5. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 11
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. FISCAL 12
YEAR 2020 BUDGET STABILIZATION LOAN REPAYMENT. 13
(a) It is the intent of this section to provide for the repayment by 14
Henderson State University of a loan received from the Budget Stabilization 15
Trust Fund in fiscal year 2020. 16
(b) As repayment for the outstanding loan received from the Budget 17
Stabilization Trust Fund in fiscal year 2020, Henderson State University 18
shall make payments of nine hundred fifty -eight thousand three hundred 19
thirty-three dollars and thirty -three cents ($958,333.33) from any legal fund 20
of Henderson State University to the Budget Stabilization Trust Fund on the 21
following dates unless modifica tions are made under subsection (d) of this 22
section: 23
(1) December 1, 2024; 24
(2) December 1, 2025; 25
(3) December 1, 2026; 26
(4) December 1, 2027; 27
(5) December 1, 2028; and 28
(6) December 1, 2029. 29
(c) Henderson State University shall provide a report to the 30
Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in regular, fiscal, or 31
extraordinary session, the Joint Budget Committee, no later than June 30 of 32
each year regarding the s tatus of the loan received from the Budget 33
Stabilization Trust Fund. 34
(d)(1) Loan payments under subsection (b) of this section may be 35
modified by the Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in 36 HB1056
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regular, fiscal, or extraordinary session, t he Joint Budget Committee, based 1
upon its review of the status of the loan received from the Budget 2
Stabilization Trust Fund. 3
(2) A modification to a loan payment under subdivision (2)(A) of 4
this section may include without limitation: 5
(A) The amount of one (1) or more loan payments; and 6
(B) The timing of one (1) or more loan payments. 7
(e) This section shall expire upon the final payment by Henderson 8
State University to the Budget Stabilization Trus t Fund under subsection (b) 9
of this section. 10
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SECTION 6. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 12
authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 13
and funds made available by law for the support of su ch appropriations; and 14
the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 15
Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 16
Procedures and Restrictions Act, the Higher Education Expenditure Restriction 17
Act, or their successors, and other fiscal control laws of this State, where 18
applicable, and regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and 19
Administration, as authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in 20
disbursement of said funds. 21
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SECTION 7. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 23
Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 24
contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 25
which this act was adopted, as evi denced by the Agency Requests, Executive 26
Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 27
manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 28
summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 29
Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 30
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SECTION 8. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General 32
Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the 33
appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 34
effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2024 is essential to the operation of 35
the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 36 HB1056
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the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 1
effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2024 could work irreparable harm 2
upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 3
programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 4
being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 5
and safety shall be in full force and eff ect from and after July 1, 2024. 6
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