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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1651 3
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By: Representative Gramlich 5
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8
AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR R.I.S.E. - 9
ARKANSAS GRANTS AND AID FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF 10
EDUCATION - DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 11
EDUCATION - PUBLIC SCHOOL FUND FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 12
ENDING JUNE 30, 2026; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 13
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Subtitle 16
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - 17
DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 18
EDUCATION - PUBLIC SCHOOL FUND - R.I.S.E. 19
- ARKANSAS APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025 -20
2026 FISCAL YEAR. 21
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 23
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SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - R.I.S.E. ARKANSAS. There is hereby 25
appropriated, to the Department of Education , to be payable from the Division 26
of Elementary and Secondary Education Public School Fund Account , for grants 27
and aid to local school districts and special programs of math and science 28
curriculum for R.I.S.E. Arkansas of the Department of Education for the 29
fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 30
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 32
NO. 2025-2026 33
(01) R.I.S.E. ARKANSAS $9,500,000 34
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SECTION 2. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 36 HB1651
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authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 1
and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 2
the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 3
Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 4
Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 5
control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 6
the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 7
strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 8
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SECTION 3. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 10
Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 11
contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 12
which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 13
Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 14
manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 15
summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 16
Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 17
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SECTION 4. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General 19
Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the 20
appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 21
effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of 22
the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 23
the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 24
effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm 25
upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 26
programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 27
being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 28
and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025. 29
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