| 45 | 41 | | (3) L042C SCHOOL SPEECH PATHOLOGIST 1 GRADE MP01 1 |
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| 46 | 42 | | (4) E004C SCHOOL PRINCIPAL 2 GRADE GS11 2 |
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| 47 | 43 | | (5) L040C DIETARY SERVICES DIRECTOR 1 GRADE GS09 3 |
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| 48 | 44 | | (6) E024C TEACHER SUPERVISOR 2 GRADE GS09 4 |
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| 49 | 45 | | (7) E035C CERTIFIED MASTERS TEACHER 33 GRADE GS08 5 |
|---|
| 50 | 46 | | (8) C010C EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR 1 GRADE GS07 6 |
|---|
| 51 | 47 | | (9) C037C ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 2 GRADE GS06 7 |
|---|
| 52 | 48 | | (10) S009C ASD/ASB TRANSPORTATION SERVICES COORD 1 GRADE GS06 8 |
|---|
| 53 | 49 | | (11) E044C CERTIFIED BACHELORS TEACHER 2 GRADE GS06 9 |
|---|
| 54 | 50 | | (12) L069C LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE 2 GRADE GS06 10 |
|---|
| 55 | 51 | | (13) M064C RESIDENTIAL ACTIVITIES SUPERVISOR 1 GRADE GS05 11 |
|---|
| 56 | 52 | | (14) S031C SKILLED TRADESMAN 2 GRADE GS05 12 |
|---|
| 57 | 53 | | (15) C056C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST III 2 GRADE GS04 13 |
|---|
| 58 | 54 | | (16) S047C LANDSCAPE SUPERVISOR 1 GRADE GS04 14 |
|---|
| 59 | 55 | | (17) S046C MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN 2 GRADE GS04 15 |
|---|
| 60 | 56 | | (18) C073C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST II 2 GRADE GS03 16 |
|---|
| 61 | 57 | | (19) C058C EDUCATION PARAPROFESSIONAL 12 GRADE GS03 17 |
|---|
| 62 | 58 | | (20) S056C FOOD PREPARATION SUPERVISOR 1 GRADE GS03 18 |
|---|
| 63 | 59 | | (21) V027C INVENTORY CONTROL TECHNICIAN 1 GRADE GS03 19 |
|---|
| 64 | 60 | | (22) M074C RESIDENTIAL ADVISOR 9 GRADE GS03 20 |
|---|
| 65 | 61 | | (23) S068C FOOD PREPARATION COORDINATOR 2 GRADE GS02 21 |
|---|
| 66 | 62 | | (24) S086C COOK 6 GRADE GS01 22 |
|---|
| 67 | 63 | | (25) S087C INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES ASSISTANT 4 GRADE GS01 23 |
|---|
| 68 | 64 | | (26) S065C MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT 1 GRADE GS01 24 |
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| 69 | 65 | | MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 95 25 |
|---|
| 70 | 66 | | 26 |
|---|
| 71 | 67 | | SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP - ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND . There is hereby 27 |
|---|
| 72 | 68 | | authorized, for the Department of Education - Arkansas School for the Blind 28 |
|---|
| 73 | 69 | | for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of part -time or 29 |
|---|
| 74 | 70 | | temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds 30 |
|---|
| 75 | 71 | | appropriated herein for such purposes: seventeen (17) temporary or part-time 31 |
|---|
| 76 | 72 | | employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the 32 |
|---|
| 77 | 73 | | Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act 33 |
|---|
| 78 | 74 | | for the appropriate classification. 34 |
|---|
| 79 | 75 | | 35 |
|---|
| 85 | 79 | | BLIND. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Education , to be 1 |
|---|
| 86 | 80 | | payable from the School for the Blind Fund Account , for personal services and 2 |
|---|
| 87 | 81 | | operating expenses of the Department of Education - Arkansas School for the 3 |
|---|
| 88 | 82 | | Blind - State Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 4 |
|---|
| 89 | 83 | | following: 5 |
|---|
| 90 | 84 | | 6 |
|---|
| 91 | 85 | | ITEM FISCAL YEAR 7 |
|---|
| 92 | 86 | | NO. 2025-2026 8 |
|---|
| 93 | 87 | | (01) REGULAR SALARIES $4,299,941 9 |
|---|
| 94 | 88 | | (02) EXTRA HELP 25,000 10 |
|---|
| 95 | 89 | | (03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 1,690,455 11 |
|---|
| 96 | 90 | | (04) OVERTIME 10,000 12 |
|---|
| 97 | 91 | | (05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 13 |
|---|
| 98 | 92 | | (A) OPER. EXPENSE 1,419,747 14 |
|---|
| 99 | 93 | | (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 21,329 15 |
|---|
| 100 | 94 | | (C) PROF. FEES 96,308 16 |
|---|
| 101 | 95 | | (D) CAP. OUTLAY 50,000 17 |
|---|
| 102 | 96 | | (E) DATA PROC. 0 18 |
|---|
| 103 | 97 | | (06) SPECIAL MAINTENANCE 1,200,000 19 |
|---|
| 104 | 98 | | (07) VOCATIONAL WORKSTUDY 10,000 20 |
|---|
| 105 | 99 | | (08) SUMMER PROJECTS 25,000 21 |
|---|
| 106 | 100 | | TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $8,847,780 22 |
|---|
| 107 | 101 | | 23 |
|---|
| 108 | 102 | | SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - FEDERAL OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE 24 |
|---|
| 109 | 103 | | BLIND. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Education , to be 25 |
|---|
| 110 | 104 | | payable from the federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of 26 |
|---|
| 111 | 105 | | the State, for personal services and operating expenses of the Department of 27 |
|---|
| 112 | 106 | | Education - Arkansas School for the Blind - Federal Operations for the fiscal 28 |
|---|
| 113 | 107 | | year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 29 |
|---|
| 114 | 108 | | 30 |
|---|
| 115 | 109 | | ITEM FISCAL YEAR 31 |
|---|
| 116 | 110 | | NO. 2025-2026 32 |
|---|
| 117 | 111 | | (01) REGULAR SALARIES $72,405 33 |
|---|
| 118 | 112 | | (02) EXTRA HELP 30,000 34 |
|---|
| 119 | 113 | | (03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 26,614 35 |
|---|
| 205 | 193 | | (27) S038C TRANSIT OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR 1 GRADE GS05 1 |
|---|
| 206 | 194 | | (28) V018C WAREHOUSE MANAGER 1 GRADE GS05 2 |
|---|
| 207 | 195 | | (29) C056C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST III 1 GRADE GS04 3 |
|---|
| 208 | 196 | | (30) L078C FAMILY SERVICES ASSISTANT 1 GRADE GS04 4 |
|---|
| 209 | 197 | | (31) A098C FISCAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS04 5 |
|---|
| 210 | 198 | | (32) S047C LANDSCAPE SUPERVISOR 1 GRADE GS04 6 |
|---|
| 211 | 199 | | (33) S046C MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN 3 GRADE GS04 7 |
|---|
| 212 | 200 | | (34) C073C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST II 5 GRADE GS03 8 |
|---|
| 213 | 201 | | (35) L082C CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT 1 GRADE GS03 9 |
|---|
| 214 | 202 | | (36) C058C EDUCATION PARAPROFESSIONAL 19 GRADE GS03 10 |
|---|
| 215 | 203 | | (37) S056C FOOD PREPARATION SUPERVISOR 1 GRADE GS03 11 |
|---|
| 216 | 204 | | (38) C053C MEDICAL RECORDS TECHNICIAN 1 GRADE GS03 12 |
|---|
| 217 | 205 | | (39) M074C RESIDENTIAL ADVISOR 21 GRADE GS03 13 |
|---|
| 218 | 206 | | (40) S068C FOOD PREPARATION COORDINATOR 2 GRADE GS02 14 |
|---|
| 219 | 207 | | (41) S084C INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES SUPERVISOR 1 GRADE GS02 15 |
|---|
| 220 | 208 | | (42) S086C COOK 7 GRADE GS01 16 |
|---|
| 221 | 209 | | (43) S065C MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT 3 GRADE GS01 17 |
|---|
| 222 | 210 | | MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 140 18 |
|---|
| 223 | 211 | | 19 |
|---|
| 224 | 212 | | SECTION 8. EXTRA HELP - ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF . There is hereby 20 |
|---|
| 225 | 213 | | authorized, for the Department of Education - Arkansas School for the Deaf 21 |
|---|
| 226 | 214 | | for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of part -time or 22 |
|---|
| 227 | 215 | | temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds 23 |
|---|
| 228 | 216 | | appropriated herein for such purposes: fifty-five (55) temporary or part-time 24 |
|---|
| 229 | 217 | | employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the 25 |
|---|
| 230 | 218 | | Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act 26 |
|---|
| 231 | 219 | | for the appropriate classification. 27 |
|---|
| 232 | 220 | | 28 |
|---|
| 233 | 221 | | SECTION 9. APPROPRIATION - STATE OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE 29 |
|---|
| 234 | 222 | | DEAF. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Education , to be 30 |
|---|
| 235 | 223 | | payable from the School for the Deaf Fund Account , for personal services and 31 |
|---|
| 236 | 224 | | operating expenses of the Department of Education - Arkansas School for the 32 |
|---|
| 237 | 225 | | Deaf - State Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 33 |
|---|
| 238 | 226 | | following: 34 |
|---|
| 239 | 227 | | 35 |
|---|
| 245 | 231 | | NO. 2025-2026 1 |
|---|
| 246 | 232 | | (01) REGULAR SALARIES $6,732,040 2 |
|---|
| 247 | 233 | | (02) EXTRA HELP 95,000 3 |
|---|
| 248 | 234 | | (03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 2,631,059 4 |
|---|
| 249 | 235 | | (04) OVERTIME 25,000 5 |
|---|
| 250 | 236 | | (05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 6 |
|---|
| 251 | 237 | | (A) OPER. EXPENSE 1,752,763 7 |
|---|
| 252 | 238 | | (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 15,000 8 |
|---|
| 253 | 239 | | (C) PROF. FEES 15,000 9 |
|---|
| 254 | 240 | | (D) CAP. OUTLAY 50,000 10 |
|---|
| 255 | 241 | | (E) DATA PROC. 0 11 |
|---|
| 256 | 242 | | (06) SPECIAL MAINTENANCE 1,519,627 12 |
|---|
| 257 | 243 | | (07) VOCATIONAL WORKSTUDY 10,000 13 |
|---|
| 258 | 244 | | (08) MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES 20,000 14 |
|---|
| 259 | 245 | | TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $12,865,489 15 |
|---|
| 260 | 246 | | 16 |
|---|
| 261 | 247 | | SECTION 10. APPROPRIATION - FEDERAL OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR 17 |
|---|
| 262 | 248 | | THE DEAF. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Education , to 18 |
|---|
| 263 | 249 | | be payable from the federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer 19 |
|---|
| 264 | 250 | | of the State, for personal services and operating expenses of the Department 20 |
|---|
| 265 | 251 | | of Education - Arkansas School for the Deaf - Federal Operations for the 21 |
|---|
| 266 | 252 | | fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 22 |
|---|
| 267 | 253 | | 23 |
|---|
| 268 | 254 | | ITEM FISCAL YEAR 24 |
|---|
| 269 | 255 | | NO. 2025-2026 25 |
|---|
| 270 | 256 | | (01) REGULAR SALARIES $55,000 26 |
|---|
| 271 | 257 | | (02) EXTRA HELP 39,000 27 |
|---|
| 272 | 258 | | (03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 28,832 28 |
|---|
| 273 | 259 | | (04) OVERTIME 8,393 29 |
|---|
| 274 | 260 | | (05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 30 |
|---|
| 275 | 261 | | (A) OPER. EXPENSE 627,417 31 |
|---|
| 276 | 262 | | (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 60,000 32 |
|---|
| 277 | 263 | | (C) PROF. FEES 245,000 33 |
|---|
| 278 | 264 | | (D) CAP. OUTLAY 90,000 34 |
|---|
| 279 | 265 | | (E) DATA PROC. 0 35 |
|---|
| 303 | | - | SECTION 12. APPROPRIATION - STUDENT NEEDS AND CAMPUS ENHANCEMENTS - 19 |
|---|
| 304 | | - | ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. There is hereby appropriated, to the 20 |
|---|
| 305 | | - | Department of Education, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the 21 |
|---|
| 306 | | - | State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for 22 |
|---|
| 307 | | - | student needs and campus enhancements of the Department of Education - 23 |
|---|
| 308 | | - | Arkansas School for the Deaf - Student Needs and Campus Enhancements for the 24 |
|---|
| 309 | | - | fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 25 |
|---|
| 310 | | - | 26 |
|---|
| 311 | | - | ITEM FISCAL YEAR 27 |
|---|
| 312 | | - | NO. 2025 -2026 28 |
|---|
| 313 | | - | (01) STUDENT NEEDS AND CAMPUS ENHANCEMENTS $250,000 29 |
|---|
| 314 | | - | 30 |
|---|
| 315 | | - | SECTION 13. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 31 |
|---|
| 316 | | - | CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 32 |
|---|
| 317 | | - | ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND - TRANSFER PROVISION. Upon approval from the 33 |
|---|
| 318 | | - | Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, the Arkansas School for the Blind shall 34 |
|---|
| 319 | | - | transfer appropriation from the Summer Projects line item, in the State 35 |
|---|
| 320 | | - | Operations Appropriation of this Act, to the Regular Salaries, Extra Help, 36 As Engrossed: S2/24/25 SB75 |
|---|
| 287 | + | SECTION 12. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 19 |
|---|
| 288 | + | CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 20 |
|---|
| 289 | + | ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND - TRANSFER PROVISION. Upon approval from the 21 |
|---|
| 290 | + | Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, the Arkansas School for the Blind shall 22 |
|---|
| 291 | + | transfer appropriation from the Summer Projects line item, in the State 23 |
|---|
| 292 | + | Operations Appropriation of this Act, to the Regular Salaries, Extra Help, 24 |
|---|
| 293 | + | Personal Services Matching, Overtime and Maintenance & General Operations 25 |
|---|
| 294 | + | line items in the State Operations Appropriation of this Act, to compensate 26 |
|---|
| 295 | + | staff who work during the summer months on summer projects, and to cover 27 |
|---|
| 296 | + | other expenses of summer project activities. The Summer Projects line item 28 |
|---|
| 297 | + | may also be used for the annual cost related to the compensation of eligible 29 |
|---|
| 298 | + | staff for shift differential pay as well as compensation of employees for 30 |
|---|
| 299 | + | performance of duties assigned as referenced in the Special Allowance Special 31 |
|---|
| 300 | + | Language Section of this Act. Such additional compensation shall not be 32 |
|---|
| 301 | + | construed as exceeding the maximum salary authorized for said employees. 33 |
|---|
| 302 | + | The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 34 |
|---|
| 303 | + | 2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 35 |
|---|
| 304 | + | 36 SB75 |
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| 322 | | - | 9 02-24-2025 14:52:51 KMW013 |
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| 306 | + | 9 01/16/2025 9:05:38 AM KMW013 |
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| 307 | + | SECTION 13. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 1 |
|---|
| 308 | + | CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 2 |
|---|
| 309 | + | ADE - ASB/ASD - SUMMER SCHOOL EMPLOYEES. Employees who, in addition to 3 |
|---|
| 310 | + | working during the regular school term, also work during summer months shall 4 |
|---|
| 311 | + | be authorized as additional compensation an amount not to exceed 1/12 of 5 |
|---|
| 312 | + | their annual salary for each month or part thereof worked. Such additional 6 |
|---|
| 313 | + | compensation shall not be construed as exceeding the maximum salary 7 |
|---|
| 314 | + | authorized for said employees. Payment of additional compensation shall be 8 |
|---|
| 315 | + | limited to employees in the following classifications: 9 |
|---|
| 316 | + | CLASS CODE SUMMER SCHOOL POSITIONS GRADE 10 |
|---|
| 317 | + | E044C Certified Bachelor's Teacher GS06 11 |
|---|
| 318 | + | M026C Licensed Social Worker GS07 12 |
|---|
| 319 | + | M020C Licensed Professional Counselor GS08 13 |
|---|
| 320 | + | E035C Certified Masters Teacher GS08 14 |
|---|
| 321 | + | M088C Licensed Master Social Worker GS08 15 |
|---|
| 322 | + | E024C Teacher Supervisor GS09 16 |
|---|
| 323 | + | E025C Educational Specialist GS09 17 |
|---|
| 324 | + | E017C Assistant Principal GS10 18 |
|---|
| 325 | + | E026C Education & Instruction Coordinator GS08 19 |
|---|
| 326 | + | E015C Special Education Supervisor GS09 20 |
|---|
| 327 | + | Exempt employees who require job responsibilities less than 2080 hours may 21 |
|---|
| 328 | + | work during summer months with approval from school Superintendent. Said 22 |
|---|
| 329 | + | employees shall be authorized as additional compensation an amount not to 23 |
|---|
| 330 | + | exceed 1/12 of their annual salary for each month or part thereof worked. 24 |
|---|
| 331 | + | Such additional compensation shall not be construed as exceeding the maximum 25 |
|---|
| 332 | + | salary authorized for said employees. 26 |
|---|
| 333 | + | The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 27 |
|---|
| 334 | + | 2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 28 |
|---|
| 335 | + | 29 |
|---|
| 336 | + | SECTION 14. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 30 |
|---|
| 337 | + | CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 31 |
|---|
| 338 | + | CARRY FORWARD OF FUNDS - ASB. 32 |
|---|
| 339 | + | (a) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall cause to be 33 |
|---|
| 340 | + | transferred on his or her books and those of the State Treasurer and Auditor 34 |
|---|
| 341 | + | of State the balance of General Revenue funds remaining in the School for the 35 |
|---|
| 342 | + | Blind Fund Account on June 30, 2024 2025 into a sub-fund created within the 36 SB75 |
|---|
| 344 | + | 10 01/16/2025 9:05:38 AM KMW013 |
|---|
| 345 | + | School for the Blind Fund Account to be used for special maintenance, 1 |
|---|
| 346 | + | renovations, or future construction projects of the Department of Education - 2 |
|---|
| 347 | + | Arkansas School for the Blind. 3 |
|---|
| 348 | + | (b) Any carry forward of the unexpended balance of funding as 4 |
|---|
| 349 | + | authorized herein, may be carried forward under the following conditions: 5 |
|---|
| 350 | + | (1) The Office of Budget of the Department of Finance and 6 |
|---|
| 351 | + | Administration shall report to the Legislative Council all amounts carried 7 |
|---|
| 352 | + | forward by the September meeting of the Legislative Council or the Joint 8 |
|---|
| 353 | + | Budget Committee meeting which report shall include the name of the agency, 9 |
|---|
| 354 | + | board, commission, or institution and the amount of funding carried forward, 10 |
|---|
| 355 | + | the program name or line item and the funding source; and 11 |
|---|
| 356 | + | (2) The Department of Education - Arkansas School for the Blind 12 |
|---|
| 357 | + | shall provide a written report to the Legislative Council or Joint Budget 13 |
|---|
| 358 | + | Committee containing all information set forth in subdivision (b)(1) of this 14 |
|---|
| 359 | + | section no later than thirty (30) days prior to the time the Department 15 |
|---|
| 360 | + | presents its budget request to the Legislative Council or Joint Budget 16 |
|---|
| 361 | + | Committee, or both; and 17 |
|---|
| 362 | + | (3) Thereupon, the Department of Finance and Administration shall 18 |
|---|
| 363 | + | include all information obtained in subdivision (b)(2) of this section in the 19 |
|---|
| 364 | + | budget manuals. 20 |
|---|
| 365 | + | The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 21 |
|---|
| 366 | + | 2024 2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 22 |
|---|
| 367 | + | 23 |
|---|
| 368 | + | SECTION 15. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 24 |
|---|
| 369 | + | CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 25 |
|---|
| 370 | + | ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF - TRANSFER PROVISION. Upon approval from the 26 |
|---|
| 371 | + | Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, the Arkansas School for the Deaf shall 27 |
|---|
| 372 | + | transfer appropriation from the Miscellaneous Activities line item in the 28 |
|---|
| 373 | + | State Operations Appropriation of this Act, to the Regular Salaries, Extra 29 |
|---|
| 374 | + | Help, Personal Service Matching, Overtime, and Maintenance and General 30 |
|---|
| 375 | + | Operations line items also in the State Operations Appropriation, to 31 |
|---|
| 376 | + | compensate staff who work during the summer months on summer projects and to 32 |
|---|
| 377 | + | cover other expenses of summer project activities. The Miscellaneous 33 |
|---|
| 378 | + | Activities line item may also be used for the annual cost related to the 34 |
|---|
| 379 | + | payment of contracted interpreter services, compensation of eligible staff 35 |
|---|
| 380 | + | for shift differential pay, and compensation of employees for performance of 36 SB75 |
|---|
| 325 | | - | Personal Services Matching, Overtime and Maintenance & General Operations 1 |
|---|
| 326 | | - | line items in the State Operations Appropriation of this Act, to compensate 2 |
|---|
| 327 | | - | staff who work during the summer months on summer projects, and to cover 3 |
|---|
| 328 | | - | other expenses of summer project activities. The Summer Projects line item 4 |
|---|
| 329 | | - | may also be used for the annual cost related to the compensation of eligible 5 |
|---|
| 330 | | - | staff for shift differential pay as well as compensation of employees for 6 |
|---|
| 331 | | - | performance of duties assigned as referenced in the Special Allowance Special 7 |
|---|
| 332 | | - | Language Section of this Act. Such additional compensation shall not be 8 |
|---|
| 333 | | - | construed as exceeding the maximum salary authorized for said employees. 9 |
|---|
| 334 | | - | The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 10 |
|---|
| 335 | | - | 2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 11 |
|---|
| 336 | | - | 12 |
|---|
| 337 | | - | SECTION 14. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 13 |
|---|
| 338 | | - | CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 14 |
|---|
| 339 | | - | ADE - ASB/ASD - SUMMER SCHOOL EMPLOYEES. Employees who, in addition to 15 |
|---|
| 340 | | - | working during the regular school term, also work during summer months shall 16 |
|---|
| 341 | | - | be authorized as additional compensation an amount not to exceed 1/12 of 17 |
|---|
| 342 | | - | their annual salary for each month or part thereof worked. Such additional 18 |
|---|
| 343 | | - | compensation shall not be construed as exceeding the maximum salary 19 |
|---|
| 344 | | - | authorized for said employees. Payment of additional compensation shall be 20 |
|---|
| 345 | | - | limited to employees in the following classifications: 21 |
|---|
| 346 | | - | CLASS CODE SUMMER SCHOOL POSITIONS GRADE 22 |
|---|
| 347 | | - | E044C Certified Bachelor's Teacher GS06 23 |
|---|
| 348 | | - | M026C Licensed Social Worker GS07 24 |
|---|
| 349 | | - | M020C Licensed Professional Counselor GS08 25 |
|---|
| 350 | | - | E035C Certified Masters Teacher GS08 26 |
|---|
| 351 | | - | M088C Licensed Master Social Worker GS08 27 |
|---|
| 352 | | - | E024C Teacher Supervisor GS09 28 |
|---|
| 353 | | - | E025C Educational Specialist GS09 29 |
|---|
| 354 | | - | E017C Assistant Principal GS10 30 |
|---|
| 355 | | - | E026C Education & Instruction Coordinator GS08 31 |
|---|
| 356 | | - | E015C Special Education Supervisor GS09 32 |
|---|
| 357 | | - | Exempt employees who require job responsibilities less than 2080 hours may 33 |
|---|
| 358 | | - | work during summer months with approval from school Superintendent. Said 34 |
|---|
| 359 | | - | employees shall be authorized as additional compensation an amount not to 35 |
|---|
| 360 | | - | exceed 1/12 of their annual salary for each month or part thereof worked. 36 As Engrossed: S2/24/25 SB75 |
|---|
| 382 | + | 11 01/16/2025 9:05:38 AM KMW013 |
|---|
| 383 | + | duties assigned as referenced in the Special Allowance Special Language of 1 |
|---|
| 384 | + | this Act. Such additional compensation shall not be construed as exceeding 2 |
|---|
| 385 | + | the maximum salary authorized for said employees. 3 |
|---|
| 386 | + | The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 4 |
|---|
| 387 | + | 2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 5 |
|---|
| 388 | + | 6 |
|---|
| 389 | + | SECTION 16. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 7 |
|---|
| 390 | + | CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 8 |
|---|
| 391 | + | CARRY FORWARD OF FUNDS - ASD. 9 |
|---|
| 392 | + | (a) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall cause to be 10 |
|---|
| 393 | + | transferred on his or her books and those of the State Treasurer and Auditor 11 |
|---|
| 394 | + | of State the balance of General Revenue funds remaining in the School for the 12 |
|---|
| 395 | + | Deaf Fund Account on June 30, 2024 2025 into a sub-fund created within the 13 |
|---|
| 396 | + | School for the Deaf Fund Account to be used for special maintenance, 14 |
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| 397 | + | renovations, or future construction projects of the Department of Education - 15 |
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| 398 | + | Arkansas School for the Deaf. 16 |
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| 399 | + | (b) Any carry forward of the unexpended balance of funding as 17 |
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| 400 | + | authorized herein, may be carried forward under the following conditions: 18 |
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| 401 | + | (1) The Office of Budget of the Department of Finance and 19 |
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| 402 | + | Administration shall report to the Legislative Council all amounts carried 20 |
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| 403 | + | forward by the September meeting of the Legislative Council or the Joint 21 |
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| 404 | + | Budget Committee meeting which report shall include the name of the agency, 22 |
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| 405 | + | board, commission, or institution and the amount of funding carried forward, 23 |
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| 406 | + | the program name or line item and the funding source; and 24 |
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| 407 | + | (2) The Department of Education - Arkansas School for the Deaf 25 |
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| 408 | + | shall provide a written report to the Legislative Council or Joint Budget 26 |
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| 409 | + | Committee containing all information set forth in subdivision (b)(1) of this 27 |
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| 410 | + | section no later than thirty (30) days prior to the time the Department 28 |
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| 411 | + | presents its budget request to the Legislative Council or Joint Budget 29 |
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| 412 | + | Committee, or both; and 30 |
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| 413 | + | (3) Thereupon, the Department of Finance and Administration shall 31 |
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| 414 | + | include all information obtained in subdivision (b)(2) of this section in the 32 |
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| 415 | + | budget manuals. 33 |
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| 416 | + | The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 34 |
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| 417 | + | 2024 2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 35 |
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| 418 | + | 36 SB75 |
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| 363 | | - | |
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| 364 | | - | |
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| 365 | | - | Such additional compensation shall not be construed as exceeding the maximum 1 |
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| 366 | | - | salary authorized for said employees. 2 |
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| 367 | | - | The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 3 |
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| 368 | | - | 2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 4 |
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| 369 | | - | 5 |
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| 370 | | - | SECTION 15. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 6 |
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| 371 | | - | CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 7 |
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| 372 | | - | CARRY FORWARD OF FUNDS - ASB. 8 |
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| 373 | | - | (a) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall cause to be 9 |
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| 374 | | - | transferred on his or her books and those of the State Treasurer and Auditor 10 |
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| 375 | | - | of State the balance of General Revenue funds remaining in the School for the 11 |
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| 376 | | - | Blind Fund Account on June 30, 2024 2025 into a sub-fund created within the 12 |
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| 377 | | - | School for the Blind Fund Account to be used for special maintenance, 13 |
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| 378 | | - | renovations, or future construction projects of the Department of Education - 14 |
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| 379 | | - | Arkansas School for the Blind. 15 |
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| 380 | | - | (b) Any carry forward of the unexpended balance of funding as 16 |
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| 381 | | - | authorized herein, may be carried forward under the following conditions: 17 |
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| 382 | | - | (1) The Office of Budget of the Department of Finance and 18 |
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| 383 | | - | Administration shall report to the Legislative Council all amounts carried 19 |
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| 384 | | - | forward by the September meeting of the Legislative Council or the Joint 20 |
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| 385 | | - | Budget Committee meeting which report shall include the name of the agency, 21 |
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| 386 | | - | board, commission, or institution and the amount of funding carried forward, 22 |
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| 387 | | - | the program name or line item and the funding source; and 23 |
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| 388 | | - | (2) The Department of Education - Arkansas School for the Blind 24 |
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| 389 | | - | shall provide a written report to the Legislative Council or Joint Budget 25 |
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| 390 | | - | Committee containing all information set forth in subdivision (b)(1) of this 26 |
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| 391 | | - | section no later than thirty (30) days prior to the time the Department 27 |
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| 392 | | - | presents its budget request to the Legislative Council or Joint Budget 28 |
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| 393 | | - | Committee, or both; and 29 |
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| 394 | | - | (3) Thereupon, the Department of Finance and Administration shall 30 |
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| 395 | | - | include all information obtained in subdivision (b)(2) of this section in the 31 |
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| 396 | | - | budget manuals. 32 |
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| 397 | | - | The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 33 |
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| 398 | | - | 2024 2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 34 |
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| 399 | | - | 35 |
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| 400 | | - | SECTION 16. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 36 As Engrossed: S2/24/25 SB75 |
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| 401 | | - | |
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| 403 | | - | |
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| 404 | | - | |
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| 405 | | - | CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 1 |
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| 406 | | - | ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF - TRANSFER PROVISION. Upon approval from the 2 |
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| 407 | | - | Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, the Arkansas School for the Deaf shall 3 |
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| 408 | | - | transfer appropriation from the Miscellaneous Activities line item in the 4 |
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| 409 | | - | State Operations Appropriation of this Act, to the Regular Salaries, Extra 5 |
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| 410 | | - | Help, Personal Service Matching, Overtime, and Maintenance and General 6 |
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| 411 | | - | Operations line items also in the State Operations Appropriation, to 7 |
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| 412 | | - | compensate staff who work during the summer months on summer projects and to 8 |
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| 413 | | - | cover other expenses of summer project activities. The Miscellaneous 9 |
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| 414 | | - | Activities line item may also be used for the annual cost related to the 10 |
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| 415 | | - | payment of contracted interpreter services, compensation of eligible staff 11 |
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| 416 | | - | for shift differential pay, and compensation of employees for performance of 12 |
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| 417 | | - | duties assigned as referenced in the Special Allowance Special Language of 13 |
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| 418 | | - | this Act. Such additional compensation shall not be construed as exceeding 14 |
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| 419 | | - | the maximum salary authorized for said employees. 15 |
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| 420 | | - | The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 16 |
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| 421 | | - | 2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 17 |
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| 422 | | - | 18 |
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| 423 | | - | SECTION 17. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 19 |
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| 424 | | - | CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 20 |
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| 425 | | - | CARRY FORWARD OF FUNDS - ASD. 21 |
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| 426 | | - | (a) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall cause to be 22 |
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| 427 | | - | transferred on his or her books and those of the State Treasurer and Auditor 23 |
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| 428 | | - | of State the balance of General Revenue funds remaining in the School for the 24 |
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| 429 | | - | Deaf Fund Account on June 30, 2024 2025 into a sub-fund created within the 25 |
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| 430 | | - | School for the Deaf Fund Account to be used for special maintenance, 26 |
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| 431 | | - | renovations, or future construction projects of the Department of Education - 27 |
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| 432 | | - | Arkansas School for the Deaf. 28 |
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| 433 | | - | (b) Any carry forward of the unexpended balance of funding as 29 |
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| 434 | | - | authorized herein, may be carried forward under the following conditions: 30 |
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| 435 | | - | (1) The Office of Budget of the Department of Finance and 31 |
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| 436 | | - | Administration shall report to the Legislative Council all amounts carried 32 |
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| 437 | | - | forward by the September meeting of the Legislative Council or the Joint 33 |
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| 438 | | - | Budget Committee meeting which report shall include the name of the agency, 34 |
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| 439 | | - | board, commission, or institution and the amount of funding carried forward, 35 |
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| 440 | | - | the program name or line item and the funding source; and 36 As Engrossed: S2/24/25 SB75 |
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| 443 | | - | |
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| 444 | | - | |
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| 445 | | - | (2) The Department of Education - Arkansas School for the Deaf 1 |
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| 446 | | - | shall provide a written report to the Legislative Council or Joint Budget 2 |
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| 447 | | - | Committee containing all information set forth in subdivision (b)(1) of this 3 |
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| 448 | | - | section no later than thirty (30) days prior to the time the Department 4 |
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| 449 | | - | presents its budget request to the Legislative Council or Joint Budget 5 |
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| 450 | | - | Committee, or both; and 6 |
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| 451 | | - | (3) Thereupon, the Department of Finance and Administration shall 7 |
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| 452 | | - | include all information obtained in subdivision (b)(2) of this section in the 8 |
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| 453 | | - | budget manuals. 9 |
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| 454 | | - | The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 10 |
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| 455 | | - | 2024 2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 11 |
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| 456 | | - | 12 |
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| 457 | | - | SECTION 18. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 13 |
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| 458 | | - | authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 14 |
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| 459 | | - | and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 15 |
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| 460 | | - | the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 16 |
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| 461 | | - | Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 17 |
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| 462 | | - | Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 18 |
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| 463 | | - | control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 19 |
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| 464 | | - | the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 20 |
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| 465 | | - | strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 21 |
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| 466 | | - | 22 |
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| 467 | | - | SECTION 19. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 23 |
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| 468 | | - | Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 24 |
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| 469 | | - | contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 25 |
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| 470 | | - | which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 26 |
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| 471 | | - | Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 27 |
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| 472 | | - | manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 28 |
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| 473 | | - | summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 29 |
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| 474 | | - | Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 30 |
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| 475 | | - | 31 |
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| 476 | | - | SECTION 20. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 32 |
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| 477 | | - | General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 33 |
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| 478 | | - | the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 34 |
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| 479 | | - | effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of 35 |
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| 480 | | - | the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 36 As Engrossed: S2/24/25 SB75 |
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| 481 | | - | |
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| 483 | | - | |
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| 484 | | - | |
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| 485 | | - | the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 1 |
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| 486 | | - | effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm 2 |
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| 487 | | - | upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 3 |
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| 488 | | - | programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 4 |
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| 489 | | - | being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 5 |
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| 490 | | - | and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025. 6 |
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| 491 | | - | 7 |
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| 492 | | - | /s/Joint Budget Committee 8 |
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| 493 | | - | 9 |
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| 421 | + | SECTION 17. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 1 |
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| 422 | + | authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 2 |
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| 423 | + | and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 3 |
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| 424 | + | the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 4 |
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| 425 | + | Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 5 |
|---|
| 426 | + | Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 6 |
|---|
| 427 | + | control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 7 |
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| 428 | + | the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 8 |
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| 429 | + | strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 9 |
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