AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR.

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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Fiscal Session, 2026 HOUSE BILL 1053 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
AT LITTLE ROCK FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 11
2027; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12
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Subtitle 15
AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT 16
LITTLE ROCK APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-17
2027 FISCAL YEAR. 18
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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 - OPERATIONS. There is hereby established 23
for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, 24
the following maximum number of regular employees. 25
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Maximum Annual 27
Maximum Salary Rate 28
Item No. of Fiscal Year 29
No. Title Employees 2026-2027 30
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 31
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 32
(1) Dean of STEM 1 $431,401 33
(2) Chancellor 1 $399,144 34
(3) Vice Prov. for Res., Innov. & Com. 1 $291,841 35
(4) Provost 1 $277,092 36
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(5) Dean of Bus., Health, & Human Serv 1 $271,941 1
(6) Dean Hum., Arts, Soc. Sci. & Ed. 1 $271,941 2
(7) Dean of Law 1 $270,611 3
(8) Chief of Staff 1 $239,531 4
(9) Vice Chan. for Finance & Admin. 1 $232,470 5
(10) Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs 1 $232,469 6
(11) Vice Chancellor 1 $228,939 7
(12) Vice Chan. for Advancement/Dev. 1 $228,939 8
(13) Vice Provost - Archives & Coll. 1 $221,879 9
(14) Dean 2 $221,877 10
(15) Project/Program Administrator 82 11
Executive Project/Program Director $213,928 12
Exec. Project/Program Manager $186,892 13
Sr. Project/Program Director $172,738 14
Project/Program Director $140,094 15
Project/Program Manager $126,956 16
Executive Assistant $118,680 17
Project/Program Specialist $109,536 18
(16) Associate Dean - STEM 2 $211,280 19
(17) IT Pool 28 20
Network Engineer $207,404 21
Information Systems Manager $133,122 22
Computer Network Coordinator $132,901 23
Technical Support Staff $126,956 24
Coordinator, Academic Computing $125,461 25
Coord., Administrative Computing $125,461 26
Coordinator of Information Tech. $123,806 27
Website Developer/Programmer $123,806 28
System Programmer/Web Developer $122,387 29
Computer Systems Mgr. $112,475 30
Database Administrator $110,019 31
Systems Administrator $108,925 32
Information Systems Security Spec. $106,894 33
Institution Information Tech. Coord $104,736 34
Assistant Database Administrator $100,790 35
Computer Support Manager $100,708 36
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Information Systems Coordinator $100,708 1
Senior Software Support Specialist $100,708 2
Systems Specialist $100,708 3
Information Technology Manager $99,493 4
Network Support Specialist $96,834 5
Senior Software Support Analyst $96,834 6
Tech Support/Systems Admin. $95,330 7
Tech Support/Applications Support $95,330 8
Information Systems Business Mgr. $93,110 9
Security Analyst $93,110 10
Systems Analyst $93,110 11
Information Technology Specialist $91,166 12
Computer Support Coordinator $89,529 13
Software Support Analyst $89,529 14
Systems Applications Supervisor $89,529 15
Computer Operations Coordinator $86,085 16
Systems Coordination Analyst $86,085 17
PC Support Specialist $84,480 18
Computer Support Specialist $82,775 19
Database Analyst $82,775 20
Digital Broadcast Specialist $79,590 21
Network Support Analyst $79,590 22
Website Developer $79,590 23
Information Systems Analyst $76,530 24
Info. Systems Security Analyst $76,530 25
Computer Support Analyst $76,530 26
Software Support Specialist $73,587 27
Telecommunications Supervisor $73,587 28
Media Specialist $72,215 29
Computer Support Technician $70,756 30
Help Desk Specialist $70,756 31
Computer Operator $68,035 32
Network Analyst $68,035 33
Telecommunications Specialist $68,035 34
Multimedia Specialist $64,199 35
Information Technology Assistant $60,483 36
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Computer Lab Technician $58,156 1
Multimedia Technician $52,766 2
Audiovisual Laboratory Assistant $48,785 3
(18) Associate Vice Chancellor 10 $201,198 4
(19) Dir. Ark. Institute Econ. Advance. 1 $200,024 5
(20) Chief Information Security Officer 1 $199,572 6
(21) Director of Arkansas SBTDC 1 $194,858 7
(22) Director of Digital Strategy 1 $194,858 8
(23) Division Chief 2 $191,645 9
(24) Assistant Dean - STEM 2 $183,013 10
(25) Asst. Vice Chan. for Student Affs. 3 $179,615 11
(26) Director of Information Technology 2 $179,615 12
(27) Director of Administrative Services 1 $179,480 13
(28) Director of Financial Services 1 $179,480 14
(29) Director of Distance Learning 1 $179,017 15
(30) Director of International Programs 1 $179,017 16
(31) Dir. of Research & Sponsored Pgrms. 1 $179,017 17
(32) Associate Dean 10 $177,814 18
(33) Director Facilities Management 1 $168,941 19
(34) Assistant Dean 6 $168,616 20
(35) Director of Records & Registration 1 $161,471 21
(36) Director of Counseling 1 $159,757 22
(37) Development/Advancement Admin. 15 23
Development/Advancement Director $157,485 24
Development/Advancement Manager $125,202 25
Development/Advancement Specialist $108,023 26
(38) Director of University Police 1 $151,221 27
(39) Director of Human Resources 1 $151,221 28
(40) HR Associate Director 2 $151,221 29
(41) Assoc. Director Information Tech. 4 $149,190 30
(42) Director of Institutional Research 1 $146,631 31
(43) Director of Financial Aid 1 $145,871 32
(44) Dir. of Community Partnerships 1 $142,024 33
(45) Director of Health Services 1 $140,351 34
(46) Dean of Students 1 $135,834 35
(47) Director of Admissions 1 $135,834 36
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(48) Chemical Hygiene Officer 1 $132,076 1
(49) Assoc. Dir. Research & Spons. Prog. 1 $131,351 2
(50) Director of Finance 8 $130,264 3
(51) Dir. of Adm. & Registrar/Law 1 $129,311 4
(52) Project Coordinator 3 $125,824 5
(53) Academic/Student Support 85 6
Academic Counselor - STEM $124,517 7
Student Development Specialist $110,019 8
Academic Counselor $97,361 9
(54) Director of Testing Services 1 $123,526 10
(55) Director of Alumni Relations 1 $117,298 11
(56) APAC Coordinator 1 $115,100 12
(57) Registered Nurse Practitioner 2 $114,241 13
(58) Director of Student Activities 1 $112,947 14
(59) Director of Disability Services 1 $110,019 15
(60) Coord. of Intramural Activities 1 $106,709 16
(61) Associate Director of Financial Aid 1 $102,606 17
(62) Fiscal Support Pool 15 18
Fiscal Support Manager $95,029 19
Fiscal Support Supervisor $78,106 20
Accountant II $75,103 21
Accountant I $72,215 22
Fiscal Support Analyst $69,437 23
Fiscal Support Specialist $61,729 24
Accounting Technician $57,071 25
Fiscal Support Technician $52,766 26
(63) Archivist 2 $94,524 27
(64) Public Safety Pool 39 28
HE Public Safety Commander III $93,110 29
Director Public Safety I $91,374 30
HE Public Safety Commander II $89,529 31
HE Public Safety Commander I $86,085 32
HE Public Safety Supervisor $76,530 33
Public Safety Officer $73,587 34
Public Safety Officer II $68,035 35
Security Officer Supervisor $64,199 36
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Public Safety/Security Officer $58,156 1
HE Public Safety Dispatcher $48,785 2
Parking Control Supv. $48,785 3
Security Officer $48,785 4
Parking Control Officer $46,909 5
Watchman $40,098 6
(65) Institutional Assistant 65 $92,859 7
(66) Campus Maintenance Supervisor 2 $81,232 8
(67) Education Counselor 6 $81,232 9
(68) Skilled Trades Pool 25 10
Skilled Trades Foreman $76,530 11
Skilled Trades Supervisor $73,587 12
Skilled Tradesman $70,756 13
Skilled Trades Helper $53,769 14
Apprentice Tradesman $47,801 15
(69) Budget Specialist 3 $75,103 16
(70) Editor 2 $75,103 17
(71) Maintenance Coordinator 2 $75,103 18
(72) Research Project Analyst 3 $75,103 19
(73) Buyer 6 $72,215 20
(74) HEI Program Coordinator 22 $72,215 21
(75) Administrative Support Pool 68 22
Administrative Assistant $69,437 23
Administrative Analyst $69,437 24
Administrative Support Supervisor $64,199 25
Administrative Specialist III $61,729 26
Administration Support Specialist $61,729 27
Administrative Specialist II $54,877 28
Administrative Support Specialist $54,877 29
Administrative Specialist I $48,785 30
Extra Help Assistant $40,098 31
(76) Assistant Registrar 5 $69,437 32
(77) Library Support Pool 8 33
Library Supervisor $69,437 34
Library Specialist $59,355 35
Library Technician $54,877 36
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Library Support Assistant $50,737 1
(78) Maintenance Supervisor 2 $69,437 2
(79) Special Events Manager 1 $69,437 3
(80) Archival Assistant 2 $66,767 4
(81) Stationary Engineer 5 $66,767 5
(82) Warehouse Manager 1 $66,767 6
(83) Commercial Artist I/Graphic Art I 1 $64,199 7
(84) Human Resources Specialist 1 $64,199 8
(85) Landscape Supervisor 2 $64,199 9
(86) Logistics Manager 1 $64,199 10
(87) Landscape Specialist 1 $57,071 11
(88) Maintenance Assistant 8 $52,766 12
(89) Mail Services Assistant 3 $46,909 13
(90) Institutional Services Supervisor 5 $45,105 14
(91) Institutional Services Assistant 45 $43,370 15
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 16
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 17
(92) Department Chairperson 37 18
Department Chair - STEM $236,007 19
Department Chair $207,746 20
Director $207,746 21
(93) Faculty 57 22
University Professor - STEM $233,526 23
Professor - STEM $231,053 24
University Professor $221,021 25
Professor $204,213 26
Assoc. Professor - STEM $197,146 27
Assoc. Professor $190,080 28
Asst. Professor - STEM $186,547 29
Asst. Professor $161,671 30
Instructor - STEM $144,606 31
Instructor $132,901 32
(94) Economic Forecaster 1 $225,183 33
(95) Research/Extension Specialist 30 34
Senior Research/Extension Spec. $204,213 35
Research/Extension Specialist $190,081 36
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Associate Research/Extension Spec. $161,671 1
Assistant Research/Extension Spec. $126,371 2
(96) Research Support 158 3
Research Associate $151,222 4
Research Scientist $149,107 5
Post Doctoral Fellow $126,147 6
Senior Research Assistant - STEM $104,137 7
Senior Research Assistant $90,525 8
(97) Librarian 16 $115,808 9
(98) Extension Assistant 4 $90,525 10
NINE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 11
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 12
(99) Faculty 355 13
Distinguished Professor - Law $249,151 14
Professor - Law $232,822 15
Distinguished Professor $228,748 16
Professor - STEM $218,336 17
University Professor $217,186 18
Professor $200,682 19
Associate Professor - Law $200,682 20
Associate Professor - STEM $186,548 21
Assistant Professor - Law $186,547 22
Assistant Professor - STEM $180,842 23
Associate Professor $175,948 24
Assistant Professor $147,286 25
Instructor $114,924 26
(100) Lecturer 330 $92,859 27
(101) Graduate Assistant 180 $36,272 28
TWELVE MONTH AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES 29
POSITIONS 30
(102) Director of Athletics 1 $270,611 31
(103) Head Basketball Coach 2 $226,263 32
(104) Project/Program Administrator 12 33
Executive Project/Program Director $213,928 34
Exec. Project/Program Manager $186,892 35
Sr. Project/Program Director $172,738 36
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Project/Program Director $140,094 1
Project/Program Manager $126,956 2
Executive Assistant $118,680 3
Project/Program Specialist $109,536 4
(105) Assoc. Dir. of Athletics 8 $171,784 5
(106) Director of Special Events Center 1 $140,351 6
(107) Head Athletic Trainer 1 $134,605 7
(108) Assistant Athletic Director 4 $131,377 8
(109) Head Coach 8 $131,377 9
(110) Assistant Basketball Coach 8 $131,377 10
(111) Development Officer 2 $126,449 11
(112) Dir. of Printing Services 1 $116,727 12
(113) Assistant Coach 20 $114,374 13
(114) Trainer 8 $114,370 14
(115) Dir. of Strength & Conditioning 1 $114,370 15
(116) Asst. Dir. of Aquatics & Fitness 1 $110,019 16
(117) Skilled Trades Pool 5 17
Skilled Trades Foreman $76,530 18
Skilled Trades Supervisor $73,587 19
Skilled Tradesman $70,756 20
Skilled Trades Helper $53,769 21
Apprentice Tradesman $47,801 22
(118) Residential Life Coordinator 1 $76,127 23
(119) Budget Specialist 2 $75,103 24
(120) HEI Program Coordinator 4 $72,215 25
(121) Print Shop Manager 2 $72,215 26
(122) Administrative Support Pool 5 27
Administrative Assistant $69,437 28
Administrative Analyst $69,437 29
Administrative Support Supervisor $64,199 30
Administrative Specialist III $61,729 31
Administration Support Specialist $61,729 32
Administrative Specialist II $54,877 33
Administrative Support Specialist $54,877 34
Administrative Specialist I $48,785 35
Extra Help Assistant $40,098 36
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(123) Assistant Dir. of Student Union 1 $69,437 1
(124) Printer 6 $59,355 2
(125) Student Union Section Manager 1 $54,877 3
(126) Maintenance Assistant 2 $52,766 4
(127) Reproduction Equipment Operator 1 $46,909 5
(128) Shipping & Receiving Clerk 1 $46,909 6
(129) Institutional Services Supervisor 1 $45,105 7
(130) Institutional Services Assistant 20 $43,370 8
(131) Graduate Assistant 12 $36,272 9
NANOTECHNOLOGY CENTER 10
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 11
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 12
(132) Director of Nanotechnology Center 1 $246,133 13
(133) Project/Program Administrator 3 14
Executive Project/Program Director $213,928 15
Exec. Project/Program Manager $186,892 16
Sr. Project/Program Director $172,738 17
Project/Program Director $140,094 18
Project/Program Manager $126,956 19
Executive Assistant $118,680 20
Project/Program Specialist $109,536 21
(134) Coordinator of Commercialization 1 $140,089 22
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 23
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 24
(135) Research Support 7 25
Research Associate $151,222 26
Post Doctoral Fellow $126,147 27
Senior Research Assistant $90,525 28
NINE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 29
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 30
(136) Graduate Assistant 4 $36,272 31
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 1,988 32
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SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP - OPERATIONS. There is hereby authorized, for 34
the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the 35
following maximum number of part-time or temporary employees, to be known as 36
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"Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: one 1
thousand three hundred (1,300) temporary or part-time employees, when needed, 2
at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform Classification 3
and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the appropriate 4
classification. 5
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SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - STATE OPERATIONS. There is hereby 7
appropriated, to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, to be payable 8
from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Fund, for personal services 9
and operating expenses of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for the 10
fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 11
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 13
NO. 2026-2027 14
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $62,167,099 15
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 10,329,116 16
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 17
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 21,013 18
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 19
(C) PROF. FEES 0 20
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 21
(E) DATA PROC. 0 22
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $72,517,228 23
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SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - CASH FUNDS. There is hereby appropriated, 25
to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, to be payable from cash funds 26
as defined by Arkansas Code 19-4-801, for personal services and operating 27
expenses of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for the fiscal year 28
ending June 30, 2027, the following: 29
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 31
NO. 2026-2027 32
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $34,250,000 33
(02) EXTRA HELP 4,750,475 34
(03) OVERTIME 250,000 35
(04) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 12,872,206 36
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(05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 1
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 45,500,000 2
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 2,000,000 3
(C) PROF. FEES 6,500,000 4
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 14,094,940 5
(E) DATA PROC. 0 6
(06) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 30,000,000 7
(07) DEBT SERVICE 12,000,000 8
(08) FUND TRANSFERS, REFUNDS AND 9
INVESTMENTS 81,078 10
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $162,298,699 11
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SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - WILLIAM H. BOWEN SCHOOL OF LAW. There is 13
hereby appropriated, to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, to be 14
payable from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Fund, from special 15
revenues received from additional uniform filing fees in circuit court as 16
authorized by Arkansas Code Annotated 16-10-314, for expenses of the 17
University of Arkansas at Little Rock - William H. Bowen School of Law for 18
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 19
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 21
NO. 2026-2027 22
(01) WILLIAM H. BOWEN SCHOOL OF LAW 23
EXPENSES $800,000 24
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SECTION 6. APPROPRIATION - NANOTECHNOLOGY CENTER. There is hereby 26
appropriated, to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, to be payable 27
from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Fund, for personal services 28
and operating expenses, research, and development of viable technologies of 29
the University of Arkansas at Little Rock - Nanotechnology Center for the 30
fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 31
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 33
NO. 2026-2027 34
(01) NANOTECHNOLOGY CENTER EXPENSES $2,000,000 35
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SECTION 7. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 1
authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 2
and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 3
the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 4
Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 5
Procedures and Restrictions Act, the Higher Education Expenditure Restriction 6
Act, or their successors, and other fiscal control laws of this State, where 7
applicable, and regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and 8
Administration, as authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in 9
disbursement of said funds. 10
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SECTION 8. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 12
Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 13
contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 14
which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 15
Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 16
manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 17
summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 18
Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 19
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SECTION 9. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General 21
Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the 22
appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 23
effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2026 is essential to the operation of 24
the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 25
the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 26
effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2026 could work irreparable harm 27
upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 28
programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 29
being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 30
and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2026. 31
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