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State of Arkansas As Engrossed: H4/15/26 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Fiscal Session, 2026 HOUSE BILL 1054 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 DEPARTMENT OF 10
EDUCATION - DIVISION OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL 11
EDUCATION AND FOR GRANTS AND AID TO LOCAL SCHOOL 12
DISTRICTS AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 13
ENDING JUNE 30, 2027; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 14
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Subtitle 17
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - 18
DIVISION OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL 19
EDUCATION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-20
2027 FISCAL YEAR. 21
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 24
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SECTION 1. REGULAR SALARIES. There is hereby established for the 26
Department of Education - Division of Career and Technical Education for the 27
2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 28
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Maximum Annual 30
Maximum Salary Rate 31
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 32
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 33
(1) EEA01C EDUCATION DIVISION ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE SPC08 34
(2) EES03P EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL SUPV/EXP 1 GRADE SPC06 35
(3) EES02P EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL II 1 GRADE SPC04 36
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(4) FAU04P AUDITOR II 1 GRADE SPC02 1
(5) EES01P EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL I 27 GRADE SPC02 2
(6) PAS01P ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 1 GRADE SGS05 3
(7) TIW04P INVENTORY SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SGS05 4
(8) PAS02P ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR 3 GRADE SGS04 5
(9) FFS04P FISCAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS04 6
(10) HDH07P HR SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS04 7
(11) PAS03P ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST 5 GRADE SGS02 8
(12) EEP03P EDUCATION PROGRAM COORDINATOR 1 GRADE SGS07 9
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 44 10
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SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION - VOCATIONAL & TECHNICAL EDUCATION. There is 12
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Education, to be payable from the 13
Division of Career and Technical Education Fund Account, for personal 14
services and operating expenses of the Department of Education - Division of 15
Career and Technical Education - Vocational & Technical Education for the 16
fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 17
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 19
NO. 2026-2027 20
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,751,293 21
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 610,507 22
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 23
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 2,117,825 24
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 15,446 25
(C) PROF. FEES 0 26
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 27
(E) DATA PROC. 0 28
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $4,495,071 29
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SECTION 3. EXTRA HELP - FEDERAL VOCATIONAL & TECHNICAL EDUCATION. 31
There is hereby authorized, for the Department of Education - Division of 32
Career and Technical Education - Federal Vocational & Technical Education for 33
the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum number of part-time or 34
temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds 35
appropriated herein for such purposes: four (4) temporary or part-time 36
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employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the 1
Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act 2
for the appropriate classification. 3
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SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - FEDERAL VOCATIONAL & TECHNICAL EDUCATION. 5
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Education, to be payable 6
from the federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the 7
State, for personal services, operating expenses, and grants by the 8
Department of Education - Division of Career and Technical Education - 9
Federal Vocational & Technical Education for the fiscal year ending June 30, 10
2027, the following: 11
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 13
NO. 2026-2027 14
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $662,907 15
(02) EXTRA HELP 13,923 16
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 270,754 17
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 18
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 1,066,755 19
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 55,000 20
(C) PROF. FEES 100,000 21
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 22
(E) DATA PROC. 0 23
(05) VOCATIONAL EDUCATION GRANTS 16,740,680 24
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $18,910,019 25
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SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - COORDINATED CAREER EDUCATION SERVICES. 27
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Education, to be payable 28
from the Division of Career and Technical Education Public School Fund 29
Account, for operating expenses and Coordinated Career Education Services - 30
Special Needs Students Program grants and aid of the Department of Education 31
- Division of Career and Technical Education - Coordinated Career Education 32
Services for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 33
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 35
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(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 1
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $0 2
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 56,000 3
(C) PROF. FEES 0 4
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 5
(E) DATA PROC. 0 6
(02) COORDINATED CAREER EDUCATION 7
SERVICES-SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS 8
PROGRAM GRANTS & AID 1,063,433 9
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,119,433 10
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SECTION 6. APPROPRIATION - VOCATIONAL CENTER AID. There is hereby 12
appropriated, to the Department of Education, to be payable from the Division 13
of Career and Technical Education Public School Fund Account, for Vocational 14
Center Grants and Aid by the Department of Education - Division of Career and 15
Technical Education - Vocational Center Aid for the fiscal year ending June 16
30, 2027, the following: 17
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 19
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(01) VOCATIONAL CENTER GRANTS AND AID $23,240,092 21
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SECTION 7. APPROPRIATION - VOCATIONAL START-UP GRANTS AND AID. There 23
is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Education, to be payable from 24
the Division of Career and Technical Education Public School Fund Account, 25
for Vocational Start-Up Grants and Aid of the Department of Education - 26
Division of Career and Technical Education - Vocational Start-Up Grants and 27
Aid for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 28
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 30
NO. 2026-2027 31
(01) VOCATIONAL START-UP GRANTS AND AID $4,740,000 32
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SECTION 8. APPROPRIATION - CAREER COACHES PROGRAM. There is hereby 34
appropriated, to the Department of Education, to be payable from the Division 35
of Career and Technical Education Public School Fund Account, for operating 36
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expenses, Career Coaches grants and aid, and expenses by the Department of 1
Education - Division of Career and Technical Education - Career Coaches 2
Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 3
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 5
NO. 2026-2027 6
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 7
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $7,000 8
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 8,000 9
(C) PROF. FEES 0 10
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 11
(E) DATA PROC. 0 12
(02) CAREER COACHES GRANTS AND AID 2,263,997 13
(03) CAREER COACHES EXPENSES 2,947,542 14
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $5,226,539 15
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SECTION 9. APPROPRIATION - MULTIPLE GRANT AWARD PROGRAMS. There is 17
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Education, to be payable from the 18
cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal 19
Officer of the State, for expenses and grants of the Department of Education 20
- Division of Career and Technical Education - Multiple Grant Award Programs 21
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 22
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 24
NO. 2026-2027 25
(01) MULT GRANT AWARD $900,000 26
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SECTION 10. APPROPRIATION - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR CTE TEACHERS. 28
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Education, to be payable 29
from the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief 30
Fiscal Officer of the State, for professional development costs for Career 31
and Technical Education teachers of the Department of Education - Division of 32
Career and Technical Education - Professional Development for CTE Teachers 33
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 34
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 36
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NO. 2026-2027 1
(01) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT $260,000 2
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SECTION 11. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 4
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 5
FEDERAL MATCHING. The funds appropriated in Sections for Coordinated Career 6
Education Services, Vocational Center Aid and Vocational Start-up Grants and 7
Aid of this Act may also be used to match any available federal funds from 8
any agency in order to provide the maximum amount of money possible for the 9
purposes enumerated in such Section. 10
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2025 11
2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 12
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SECTION 12. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 14
authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 15
and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 16
the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 17
Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 18
Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 19
control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 20
the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 21
strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 22
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SECTION 13. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 24
Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 25
contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 26
which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 27
Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 28
manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 29
summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 30
Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 31
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SECTION 14. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 33
General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 34
the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 35
effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2026 is essential to the operation of 36
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the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 1
the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 2
effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2026 could work irreparable harm 3
upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 4
programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 5
being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 6
and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2026. 7
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