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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 116 3
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By: Joint Budget Committee 5
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8
AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR PERSONAL SERVICES 9
AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS 10
- SYSTEM AND VARIOUS DIVISIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 11
ENDING JUNE 30, 2026; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12
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Subtitle 15
AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - 16
SYSTEM AND VARIOUS DIVISIONS 17
APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025 -2026 FISCAL 18
YEAR. 19
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 21
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SECTION 1. REGULAR SALARIES - SYSTEM AND VARIOUS DIVISIONS . There is 23
hereby established for the University of Arkansas - System and Various 24
Divisions for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of 25
regular employees. 26
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Maximum Annual 28
Maximum Salary Rate 29
Item No. of Fiscal Year 30
No. Title Employees 2025-2026 31
SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION 32
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 33
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 34
(1) President, University of Arkansas 1 $562,724 35
(2) Vice-Pres. for Academic Affairs 1 $293,290 36 SB116
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(3) Vice-Pres. for Finance & CFO 1 $277,184 1
(4) Vice-Pres. for Administration 1 $266,336 2
(5) Vice-Pres. for Univ. Rel. & Pub. Serv. 1 $245,793 3
(6) Vice-Pres. for Planning and Development 1 $245,793 4
(7) Vice-Pres. for Employee Benefits & Risk 1 $245,793 5
(8) Vice-Pres. for Lgl. Affrs. & Gen. Couns. 1 $245,793 6
(9) Assoc. Vice President 6 $231,416 7
(10) Dir. of Employee Benefits 1 $218,414 8
(11) Dir. of Internal Audits 3 $207,350 9
(12) Dir. of Plan. & Resource Services 1 $207,294 10
(13) Project/Program Administrator 74 11
Executive Project/Program Director $207,294 12
Exec. Project/Program Manager $181,097 13
Sr. Project/Program Director $167,382 14
Project/Program Director $135,750 15
Project/Program Manager $123,020 16
Executive Assistant $115,000 17
Project/Program Specialist $106,139 18
(14) Senior Assoc. General Counsel 1 $172,262 19
(15) Senior Institutional Audit Manager 4 $171,419 20
(16) Assoc. General Counsel 4 $168,773 21
(17) Asst. Dir. of Plng. & Res. Svcs. 1 $165,890 22
(18) Asst. to the President 1 $163,598 23
(19) Regional Audit Manager 2 $158,146 24
(20) Director of Administrative Services 2 $156,658 25
(21) Assoc. Director of Internal Audits 1 $132,139 26
(22) Associate Director 2 $116,587 27
(23) Dir. of University Information 1 $116,587 28
(24) Associate for Administration 3 $106,139 29
(25) Administrative Support Pool 1 30
Administrative Assistant $67,284 31
Administrative Analyst $67,284 32
Administrative Support Supervisor $62,208 33
Administrative Specialist III $59,815 34
Administration Support Specialist $59,815 35
Administrative Specialist II $53,175 36 SB116
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Administrative Support Specialist $53,175 1
Administrative Specialist I $47,272 2
Extra Help Assistant $38,855 3
(26) Landscape Specialist 1 $55,302 4
ARKANSAS ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY 5
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 6
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 7
(27) Dir. of Ar. Archeological Survey 1 $219,364 8
(28) State Archeologist 1 $190,172 9
(29) Survey Assistant Director 1 $165,829 10
(30) Director of Sys Prog & Database Svcs. 1 $111,761 11
(31) Fiscal Support Pool 2 12
Fiscal Support Manager $92,082 13
Fiscal Support Supervisor $75,685 14
Accountant II $72,774 15
Accountant I $69,975 16
Fiscal Support Analyst $67,284 17
Fiscal Support Specialist $59,815 18
Accounting Technician $55,302 19
Fiscal Support Technician $51,130 20
(32) Administrative Support Pool 1 21
Administrative Assistant $67,284 22
Administrative Analyst $67,284 23
Administrative Support Supervisor $62,208 24
Administrative Specialist III $59,815 25
Administration Support Specialist $59,815 26
Administrative Specialist II $53,175 27
Administrative Support Specialist $53,175 28
Administrative Specialist I $47,272 29
Extra Help Assistant $38,855 30
(33) Institutional Services Assistant 1 $42,025 31
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 32
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 33
(34) Archeologist Pool 25 34
Archeologist $189,440 35
Assoc. Archeologist $163,598 36 SB116
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Asst. Archeologist $152,037 1
(35) Survey Research/Professionals Pool 30 2
Survey Research Associate $147,952 3
Survey Research Assistant $100,908 4
Archeological Assistant $57,379 5
CRIMINAL JUSTICE INSTITUTE 6
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 7
ADMINISTRATIVE AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS 8
(36) Director, Criminal Justice Institute 1 $219,364 9
(37) Project/Program Administrator 24 10
Executive Project/Program Director $207,294 11
Exec. Project/Program Manager $181,097 12
Sr. Project/Program Director $167,382 13
Project/Program Director $135,750 14
Project/Program Manager $123,020 15
Executive Assistant $115,000 16
Project/Program Specialist $106,139 17
(38) Assoc. Dir. Criminal Justice Inst. 2 $190,172 18
(39) Asst. Dir., Fiscal Affairs 1 $165,890 19
(40) Director of Computer Serv. 1 $119,967 20
(41) Fiscal Support Pool 1 21
Fiscal Support Manager $92,082 22
Fiscal Support Supervisor $75,685 23
Accountant II $72,774 24
Accountant I $69,975 25
Fiscal Support Analyst $67,284 26
Fiscal Support Specialist $59,815 27
Accounting Technician $55,302 28
Fiscal Support Technician $51,130 29
(42) Institutional Assistant 4 $89,980 30
(43) Administrative Support Pool 5 31
Administrative Assistant $67,284 32
Administrative Analyst $67,284 33
Administrative Support Supervisor $62,208 34
Administrative Specialist III $59,815 35
Administration Support Specialist $59,815 36 SB116
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Administrative Specialist II $53,175 1
Administrative Support Specialist $53,175 2
Administrative Specialist I $47,272 3
Extra Help Assistant $38,855 4
CLINTON SCHOOL OF PUBLIC SERVICE 5
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 6
ADMINISTRATIVE AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS 7
(44) Faculty - 12 month 12 8
Distinguished Professor $273,692 9
Professor $234,194 10
Instructor $134,719 11
(45) Dean of Clinton School 1 $262,913 12
(46) Project/Program Administrator 11 13
Executive Project/Program Director $207,294 14
Exec. Project/Program Manager $181,097 15
Sr. Project/Program Director $167,382 16
Project/Program Director $135,750 17
Project/Program Manager $123,020 18
Executive Assistant $115,000 19
Project/Program Specialist $106,139 20
(47) Director of Development 1 $203,773 21
(48) Lecturer 6 $107,878 22
ARKANSAS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION OPTICAL NETWORK 23
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 24
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 25
(49) AREON Executive Director 1 $289,401 26
(50) AREON Chief Technology Officer 1 $257,245 27
(51) Project/Program Administrator 2 28
Executive Project/Program Director $207,294 29
Exec. Project/Program Manager $181,097 30
Sr. Project/Program Director $167,382 31
Project/Program Director $135,750 32
Project/Program Manager $123,019 33
Executive Assistant $115,000 34
Project/Program Specialist $106,139 35
(52) IT Pool 8 36 SB116
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Network Engineer $200,973 1
Information Systems Manager $128,994 2
Computer Network Coordinator $128,780 3
Technical Support Staff $123,019 4
Coordinator, Academic Computing $121,571 5
Coord., Administrative Computing $121,570 6
Coordinator of Information Technology $119,967 7
Website Developer/Programmer $119,967 8
System Programmer/Web Developer $118,592 9
Computer Systems Mgr. $108,987 10
Database Administrator $106,607 11
Systems Administrator $105,547 12
Information Systems Security Specialist $103,579 13
Institution Information Technology Coord. $101,489 14
Assistant Database Administrator $97,665 15
Computer Support Manager $97,585 16
Information Systems Coordinator $97,585 17
Senior Software Support Specialist $97,585 18
Systems Specialist $97,585 19
Information Technology Manager $96,408 20
Network Support Specialist $93,831 21
Senior Software Support Analyst $93,831 22
Tech Support/Systems Admin. $92,374 23
Tech Support/Applications Support $92,374 24
Information Systems Business Manager $90,223 25
Security Analyst $90,223 26
Systems Analyst $90,223 27
Information Technology Specialist $88,339 28
Computer Support Coordinator $86,753 29
Software Support Analyst $86,753 30
Systems Applications Supervisor $86,753 31
Computer Operations Coordinator $83,416 32
Systems Coordination Analyst $83,416 33
PC Support Specialist $81,860 34
Computer Support Specialist $80,208 35
Database Analyst $80,208 36 SB116
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Digital Broadcast Specialist $77,123 1
Network Support Analyst $77,123 2
Website Developer $77,123 3
Information Systems Analyst $74,157 4
Information Systems Security Analyst $74,157 5
Computer Support Analyst $74,157 6
Software Support Specialist $71,305 7
Telecommunications Supervisor $71,305 8
Media Specialist $69,975 9
Computer Support Technician $68,562 10
Help Desk Specialist $68,562 11
Computer Operator $65,925 12
Network Analyst $65,925 13
Telecommunications Specialist $65,925 14
Multimedia Specialist $62,208 15
Information Technology Assistant $58,608 16
Computer Lab Technician $56,353 17
Multimedia Technician $51,130 18
Audiovisual Laboratory Assistant $47,272 19
(53) AREON Director of Admn. & Plng 1 $135,131 20
(54) Fiscal Support Pool 1 21
Fiscal Support Manager $92,082 22
Fiscal Support Supervisor $75,685 23
Accountant II $72,774 24
Accountant I $69,975 25
Fiscal Support Analyst $67,284 26
Fiscal Support Specialist $59,815 27
Accounting Technician $55,302 28
Fiscal Support Technician $51,130 29
ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR MATHEMATICS, 30
SCIENCES, AND THE ARTS 31
ADMINISTRATIVE AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS 32
(55) Project/Program Administrator 18 33
Executive Project/Program Director $207,294 34
Exec. Project/Program Manager $181,097 35
Sr. Project/Program Director $167,382 36 SB116
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Project/Program Director $135,750 1
Project/Program Manager $123,020 2
Executive Assistant $115,000 3
Project/Program Specialist $106,139 4
(56) IT Pool 3 5
Network Engineer $200,973 6
Information Systems Manager $128,994 7
Computer Network Coordinator $128,780 8
Technical Support Staff $123,019 9
Coordinator, Academic Computing $121,571 10
Coord., Administrative Computing $121,570 11
Coordinator of Information Technology $119,967 12
Website Developer/Programmer $119,967 13
System Programmer/Web Developer $118,592 14
Computer Systems Mgr. $108,987 15
Database Administrator $106,607 16
Systems Administrator $105,547 17
Information Systems Security Specialist $103,579 18
Institution Information Technology Coord. $101,489 19
Assistant Database Administrator $97,665 20
Computer Support Manager $97,585 21
Information Systems Coordinator $97,585 22
Senior Software Support Specialist $97,585 23
Systems Specialist $97,585 24
Information Technology Manager $96,408 25
Network Support Specialist $93,831 26
Senior Software Support Analyst $93,831 27
Tech Support/Systems Admin. $92,374 28
Tech Support/Applications Support $92,374 29
Information Systems Business Manager $90,223 30
Security Analyst $90,223 31
Systems Analyst $90,223 32
Information Technology Specialist $88,339 33
Computer Support Coordinator $86,753 34
Software Support Analyst $86,753 35
Systems Applications Supervisor $86,753 36 SB116
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Computer Operations Coordinator $83,416 1
Systems Coordination Analyst $83,416 2
PC Support Specialist $81,860 3
Computer Support Specialist $80,208 4
Database Analyst $80,208 5
Digital Broadcast Specialist $77,123 6
Network Support Analyst $77,123 7
Website Developer $77,123 8
Information Systems Analyst $74,157 9
Information Systems Security Analyst $74,157 10
Computer Support Analyst $74,157 11
Software Support Specialist $71,305 12
Telecommunications Supervisor $71,305 13
Media Specialist $69,975 14
Computer Support Technician $68,562 15
Help Desk Specialist $68,562 16
Computer Operator $65,925 17
Network Analyst $65,925 18
Telecommunications Specialist $65,925 19
Multimedia Specialist $62,208 20
Information Technology Assistant $58,608 21
Computer Lab Technician $56,353 22
Multimedia Technician $51,130 23
Audiovisual Laboratory Assistant $47,272 24
(57) ASMSA Director 1 $162,866 25
(58) ASMSA Dean of Academic Affairs 1 $143,224 26
(59) ASMSA Director of Finance 1 $139,614 27
(60) ASMSA Director of Human Resources 1 $132,733 28
(61) ASMSA Dean of Students 1 $132,675 29
(62) ASMSA Director of Institutional Adv. 1 $113,455 30
(63) ASMSA Associate Dean 3 $110,424 31
(64) ASMSA Dir. of Admissions & Public Aff. 1 $107,719 32
(65) ASMSA Computer Science Edu. Specialist 2 $106,160 33
(66) ASMSA Teacher 41 $104,903 34
(67) ASMSA Asst. Dean for Student Wellness 1 $98,294 35
(68) ASMSA Librarian 1 $87,426 36 SB116
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(69) ASMSA Coordinator for Scholar Develop. 1 $82,818 1
(70) ASMSA Mental Health Professional 2 $81,181 2
(71) ASMSA Asst. Dean for Residential Life 1 $77,297 3
(72) ASMSA Facility Manager 1 $75,057 4
(73) ASMSA Student Success Coordinator 3 $74,937 5
(74) ASMSA Asst. Director of Finance 1 $72,239 6
(75) ASMSA Residential Experience Coordinator 7 $66,254 7
(76) ASMSA Public Information Specialist 1 $62,447 8
(77) ASMSA Administrative Assistant 2 $56,091 9
(78) ASMSA Teacher - Part Time 5 $56,046 10
(79) ASMSA Registrar 1 $55,510 11
(80) ASMSA Admissions Specialist 3 $55,510 12
(81) ASMSA Residential Mentor 4 $49,691 13
(82) ASMSA Secretary 2 $47,733 14
(83) ASMSA Maintenance Supervisor 1 $45,897 15
(84) ASMSA Purchasing/Travel Coordinator 1 $45,751 16
(85) ASMSA Accounting Clerk 1 $39,732 17
(86) ASMSA Maintenance Worker 8 $36,120 18
UA GRANTHAM 19
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 20
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 21
(87) Chancellor 1 $290,076 22
(88) Vice Chancellor 5 $250,129 23
(89) Vice Chan. for Enrollment Mgmt. 1 $212,570 24
(90) Project/Program Administrator 28 25
Executive Project/Program Director $207,294 26
Exec. Project/Program Manager $181,097 27
Sr. Project/Program Director $167,382 28
Project/Program Director $135,750 29
Project/Program Manager $123,020 30
Executive Assistant $115,000 31
Project/Program Specialist $106,139 32
(91) IT Pool 13 33
Network Engineer $200,973 34
Information Systems Manager $128,994 35
Computer Network Coordinator $128,780 36 SB116
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Technical Support Staff $123,019 1
Coordinator, Academic Computing $121,571 2
Coord., Administrative Computing $121,570 3
Coordinator of Information Technology $119,967 4
Website Developer/Programmer $119,967 5
System Programmer/Web Developer $118,592 6
Computer Systems Mgr. $108,987 7
Database Administrator $106,607 8
Systems Administrator $105,547 9
Information Systems Security Specialist $103,579 10
Institution Information Technology Coord. $101,489 11
Assistant Database Administrator $97,665 12
Computer Support Manager $97,585 13
Information Systems Coordinator $97,585 14
Senior Software Support Specialist $97,585 15
Systems Specialist $97,585 16
Information Technology Manager $96,408 17
Network Support Specialist $93,831 18
Senior Software Support Analyst $93,831 19
Tech Support/Systems Admin. $92,374 20
Tech Support/Applications Support $92,374 21
Information Systems Business Manager $90,223 22
Security Analyst $90,223 23
Systems Analyst $90,223 24
Information Technology Specialist $88,339 25
Computer Support Coordinator $86,753 26
Software Support Analyst $86,753 27
Systems Applications Supervisor $86,753 28
Computer Operations Coordinator $83,416 29
Systems Coordination Analyst $83,416 30
PC Support Specialist $81,860 31
Computer Support Specialist $80,208 32
Database Analyst $80,208 33
Digital Broadcast Specialist $77,123 34
Network Support Analyst $77,123 35
Website Developer $77,123 36 SB116
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Information Systems Analyst $74,157 1
Information Systems Security Analyst $74,157 2
Computer Support Analyst $74,157 3
Software Support Specialist $71,305 4
Telecommunications Supervisor $71,305 5
Media Specialist $69,975 6
Computer Support Technician $68,562 7
Help Desk Specialist $68,562 8
Computer Operator $65,925 9
Network Analyst $65,925 10
Telecommunications Specialist $65,925 11
Multimedia Specialist $62,208 12
Information Technology Assistant $58,608 13
Computer Lab Technician $56,353 14
Multimedia Technician $51,130 15
Audiovisual Laboratory Assistant $47,272 16
(92) Dir. of Management Info. Systems 1 $188,816 17
(93) Dean 2 $173,915 18
(94) Director of Computer Services 1 $145,572 19
(95) Controller 1 $145,172 20
(96) Associate Director of Computing Serv. 1 $144,564 21
(97) Director of University Relations 1 $142,888 22
(98) Associate Vice Chancellor 2 $141,997 23
(99) Associate Controller 1 $138,313 24
(100) Assoc. Director Information Technology 2 $134,335 25
(101) Director of Enrollment Services 1 $122,249 26
(102) Director of Admissions 1 $111,453 27
(103) Institutional Research Coordinator 1 $111,362 28
(104) Associate Director of Admissions 2 $108,117 29
(105) Coordinator of Career Services 1 $104,457 30
(106) Director of Academic Advising 1 $104,457 31
(107) Instructional Designer 3 $102,700 32
(108) Student Development Specialist 2 $100,654 33
(109) Associate Director 1 $100,431 34
(110) Director of Student Accounts 1 $95,410 35
(111) Assistant Director 2 $94,523 36 SB116
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(112) Academic Counselor 10 $94,342 1
(113) Learning Center Coordinator 1 $93,419 2
(114) Associate Registrar 2 $88,541 3
(115) Coord. of Info. & Comm. Relations 1 $86,850 4
(116) Coordinator of Admissions 7 $86,850 5
(117) Assessment Coordinator 3 $86,850 6
(118) Payroll Services Coordinator 1 $78,713 7
(119) Academic Advisor 20 $77,184 8
(120) Admissions Counselor 18 $77,184 9
(121) Sr. Graphic Designer 1 $76,800 10
(122) Academic Compliance Officer 1 $73,767 11
(123) Accountant II 2 $72,774 12
(124) Asst. Dir. Financial Aid 1 $72,774 13
(125) HEI Program Coordinator 1 $69,975 14
(126) Public Information Specialist 2 $69,975 15
(127) Assistant Registrar 5 $67,284 16
(128) Financial Aid Analyst 1 $67,284 17
(129) Institution Human Resources Coord. 1 $67,284 18
(130) Student Accounts Officer 7 $67,284 19
(131) Financial Aid Specialist 7 $62,208 20
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 21
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 22
(132) Faculty 38 23
Professor $153,170 24
Assoc. Professor $135,750 25
Asst. Professor $125,302 26
Instructor $104,389 27
(133) Department Chairperson 4 $146,201 28
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 595 29
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SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP - SYSTEM AND VARIOUS DIVISIONS . There is hereby 31
authorized, for the University of Arkansas - System and Various Divisions for 32
the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of part -time or 33
temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds 34
appropriated herein for such purposes: fifty (50) temporary or part-time 35
employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the 36 SB116
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Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act 1
for the appropriate classification. 2
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SECTION 3. EXTRA HELP - ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR MATHEMATICS, SCIENCES, AND 4
THE ARTS. There is hereby authorized, for the University of Arkansas - 5
Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts for the 2025-2026 6
fiscal year, the following maximum number of part -time or temporary 7
employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated 8
herein for such purposes: ten (10) temporary or part-time employees, when 9
needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform 10
Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the 11
appropriate classification. 12
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SECTION 4. EXTRA HELP - UA GRANTHAM. There is hereby authorized, for 14
the University of Arkansas Grantham for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the 15
following maximum number of part -time or temporary employees, to be known as 16
"Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: two 17
hundred fifty (250) temporary or part-time employees, when needed, at rates 18
of pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform Classification and 19
Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the appropriate 20
classification. 21
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SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - STATE OPERATIONS - SYSTEM AND VARIOUS 23
DIVISIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the University of Arkansas , to 24
be payable from the University of Arkansas Fund , for personal services and 25
operating expenses of the University of Arkansas - System and Various 26
Divisions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 27
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 29
NO. 2025-2026 30
(01) REGULAR SALARIES 11,711,463 31
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 3,161,924 32
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 33
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 783,137 34
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 35
(C) PROF. FEES 0 36 SB116
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(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 1
(E) DATA PROC. 0 2
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $15,656,524 3
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SECTION 6. ALLOCATIONS. There is hereby allocated, to the various 5
programs of the University of Arkansas, as set out herein, the following 6
amounts of the funds appropriated in the State Operations - System and 7
Various Divisions appropriation section hereof, to the University of Arkansas 8
- System and Various Divisions, there to be used as provided by law, for the 9
fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 10
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MAXIMUM ALLOCATION 12
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 13
NO. 2025 -2026 14
(1) SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION $4,684,994 15
(2) ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY 4,934,538 16
(3) CLINTON SCHOOL 2,500,479 17
(4) CRIMINAL JUSTICE INSTITUTE 3,536,513 18
TOTAL AMOUNT ALLOCATED $15,656,524 19
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SECTION 7. APPROPRIATION - CASH FUNDS - SYSTEM AND VARIOUS DIVISIONS . 21
There is hereby appropriated, to the University of Arkansas , to be payable 22
from cash funds as defined by Arkansas Code 19 -4-801, for personal services 23
and operating expenses of the University of Arkansas - System and Various 24
Divisions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 25
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 27
NO. 2025-2026 28
(01) REGULAR SALARIES 14,590,000 29
(02) EXTRA HELP 1,250,000 30
(03) OVERTIME 92,700 31
(04) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 3,793,400 32
(05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 33
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 20,325,000 34
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 800,000 35
(C) PROF. FEES 24,152,570 36 SB116
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(D) CAP. OUTLAY 2,000,000 1
(E) DATA PROC. 0 2
(06) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 4,158,850 3
(07) DEBT SERVICE 4,400,000 4
(08) FUND TRANSFERS, REFUNDS AND 5
INVESTMENTS 50,000 6
(09) PROMOTIONAL ITEMS 175,000 7
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $75,787,520 8
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SECTION 8. APPROPRIATION - STATE OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR 10
MATHEMATICS, SCIENCES, AND THE ARTS . There is hereby appropriated, to the 11
University of Arkansas , to be payable from the School for Math, Sciences, and 12
Arts Fund, for personal services and operating expenses of the University of 13
Arkansas - Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts for the 14
fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 15
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 17
NO. 2025-2026 18
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $4,466,931 19
(02) EXTRA HELP 27,000 20
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 1,200,000 21
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 22
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 3,140,000 23
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 400,000 24
(C) PROF. FEES 325,000 25
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 479,888 26
(E) DATA PROC. 0 27
(05) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 2,500,000 28
(06) LOANS/REIMBURSEMENT 150,000 29
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $12,688,819 30
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SECTION 9. APPROPRIATION - CASH FUNDS - ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR 32
MATHEMATICS, SCIENCES, AND THE ARTS . There is hereby appropriated, to the 33
University of Arkansas , to be payable from cash funds as defined by Arkansas 34
Code 19-4-801, for personal services and operating expenses of the University 35
of Arkansas - Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts for the 36 SB116
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fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 1
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 3
NO. 2025-2026 4
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $900,000 5
(02) EXTRA HELP 30,000 6
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 250,000 7
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 8
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 1,740,000 9
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 200,000 10
(C) PROF. FEES 500,000 11
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 4,000,000 12
(E) DATA PROC. 0 13
(05) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 14,000,000 14
(06) DEBT SERVICE 260,000 15
(07) PROMOTIONAL ITEMS 35,000 16
(08) LOANS/REIMBURSEMENT 300,000 17
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $22,215,000 18
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SECTION 10. APPROPRIATION - STATE OPERATIONS - CRIMINAL JUSTICE 20
INSTITUTE. There is hereby appropriated, to the University of Arkansas , to 21
be payable from the University of Arkansas Fund , for education and training 22
to assist the criminal justice community in addressing illicit drug 23
activities in the State, of the University of Arkansas - Criminal Justice 24
Institute for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 25
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NO. 2025-2026 28
(01) ILLICIT DRUG EDUCATION AND TRAINING $150,000 29
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SECTION 11. APPROPRIATION - STATE OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS RESEARCH AND 31
EDUCATION OPTICAL NETWORK . There is hereby appropriated, to the University 32
of Arkansas, to be payable from the University of Arkansas Fund , for 33
operations of the University of Arkansas - Arkansas Research and Education 34
Optical Network for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 35
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 1
NO. 2025-2026 2
(01) ARKANSAS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION 3
OPTICAL NETWORK OPERATIONS $2,100,000 4
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SECTION 12. APPROPRIATION - CASH FUNDS - ARKANSAS RESEARCH AND 6
EDUCATION OPTICAL NETWORK . There is hereby appropriated, to the University 7
of Arkansas, to be payable from cash funds as defined by Arkansas Code 19 -4-8
801, for personal services and operating expenses of the University of 9
Arkansas - Arkansas Research and Education Optical Network for the fiscal 10
year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 11
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NO. 2025-2026 14
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,600,000 15
(02) EXTRA HELP 25,000 16
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 425,000 17
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 18
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 4,000,000 19
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 100,000 20
(C) PROF. FEES 650,000 21
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 2,000,000 22
(E) DATA PROC. 0 23
(05) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 23,000,000 24
(06) DEBT SERVICE 200,000 25
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $32,000,000 26
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SECTION 13. APPROPRIATION - CASH FUNDS - UA GRANTHAM. There is hereby 28
appropriated, to the University of Arkansas , to be payable from cash funds as 29
defined by Arkansas Code 19 -4-801, for personal services and operating 30
expenses of the University of Arkansas Grantham for the fiscal year ending 31
June 30, 2026, the following: 32
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(02) EXTRA HELP 3,400,000 1
(03) OVERTIME 100,000 2
(04) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 3,800,000 3
(05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 4
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 5,800,000 5
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 100,000 6
(C) PROF. FEES 5,500,000 7
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 400,000 8
(E) DATA PROC. 0 9
(06) DEBT SERVICE 2,000,000 10
(07) FUND TRANSFERS, REFUNDS AND 11
INVESTMENTS 200,000 12
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $31,500,000 13
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SECTION 14. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 15
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. CRIMINAL 16
JUSTICE INSTITUTE TRANSFER PROVISION. Immediately upon the effective date of 17
this Act the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, Treasurer of State and 18
Auditor of the State shall transfer on their books the sum of one hundred 19
fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) from the Special State Assets Forfeiture 20
Fund to the University of Arkansas Fund for allocation to the Criminal 21
Justice Institute for education and training to assist the criminal justice 22
community in addressing the illicit drug activities in the State. 23
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 24
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 25
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SECTION 15. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 27
authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 28
and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 29
the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 30
Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 31
Procedures and Restrictions Act, the Higher Education Expenditure Restriction 32
Act, or their successors, and other fiscal control laws of this State, where 33
applicable, and regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and 34
Administration, as authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in 35
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SECTION 16. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 2
Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 3
contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 4
which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 5
Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 6
manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 7
summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 8
Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 9
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SECTION 17. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 11
General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 12
the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 13
effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of 14
the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 15
the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 16
effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm 17
upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 18
programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 19
being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 20
and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025. 21
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