AN ACT FOR THE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION REAPPROPRIATION.

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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Fiscal Session, 2026 HOUSE BILL 1096 3
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By: Joint Budget Committee 5
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8
AN ACT TO REAPPROPRIATE THE BALANCES OF CAPITAL 9
IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE INSTITUTIONS OF 10
HIGHER EDUCATION; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 11
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Subtitle 14
AN ACT FOR THE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER 15
EDUCATION REAPPROPRIATION. 16
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 19
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SECTION 1. REAPPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS NORTHEASTERN COLLEGE. There is 21
hereby appropriated, to the Arkansas Northeastern College, to be payable from 22
the Development and Enhancement Fund, for the Arkansas Northeastern College 23
the following: 24
(A) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 25
in Item (A) of Section 1 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation/replacement of 26
the Administration Building roof, in a sum not to exceed .........$1,350,000. 27
(B) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 28
in Item (B) of Section 1 of Act 298 of 2025, for critical maintenance, in a 29
sum not to exceed ..................................................$680,000. 30
(C) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 31
in Item (C) of Section 1 of Act 298 of 2025, for deferred maintenance, in a 32
sum not to exceed ..................................................$270,000. 33
(D) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 34
in Item (D) of Section 1 of Act 298 of 2025, for repair or replacement of 35
equipment and library holdings, in a sum not to exceed .............$116,840. 36
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SECTION 2. REAPPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY - BEEBE. There 2
is hereby appropriated, to the Arkansas State University - Beebe, to be 3
payable from the Development and Enhancement Fund, for the Arkansas State 4
University - Beebe the following: 5
(A) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 6
in Item (A) of Section 2 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation of the Owen 7
Center, in a sum not to exceed ...................................$2,050,000. 8
(B) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 9
in Item (B) of Section 2 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation of State Hall, in 10
a sum not to exceed ..............................................$2,000,000. 11
(C) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 12
in Item (C) of Section 2 of Act 298 of 2025, for expansion and update of IT 13
infrastructure, in a sum not to exceed .............................$450,000. 14
(D) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 15
in Item (D) of Section 2 of Act 298 of 2025, for critical maintenance, in a 16
sum not to exceed ..................................................$450,000. 17
(E) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 18
in Item (E) of Section 2 of Act 298 of 2025, for deferred maintenance, in a 19
sum not to exceed ..................................................$270,000. 20
(F) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 21
in Item (F) of Section 2 of Act 298 of 2025, for repair or replacement of 22
equipment and library holdings, in a sum not to exceed .............$356,080. 23
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SECTION 3. REAPPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY - MID-SOUTH. 25
There is hereby appropriated, to the Arkansas State University - Mid-South, 26
to be payable from the Development and Enhancement Fund, for the Arkansas 27
State University - Mid-South the following: 28
(A) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 29
in Item (A) of Section 3 of Act 298 of 2025, for classroom technology 30
upgrades, in a sum not to exceed ...................................$800,000. 31
(B) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 32
in Item (B) of Section 3 of Act 298 of 2025, for student laptop upgrades, in 33
a sum not to exceed ................................................$250,000. 34
(C) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 35
in Item (C) of Section 3 of Act 298 of 2025, for campus security updates, in 36
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a sum not to exceed ................................................$250,000. 1
(D) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 2
in Item (D) of Section 3 of Act 298 of 2025, for technology infrastructure 3
upgrades, in a sum not to exceed ...................................$400,000. 4
(E) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 5
in Item (E) of Section 3 of Act 298 of 2025, for critical maintenance, in a 6
sum not to exceed ..................................................$110,000. 7
(F) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 8
in Item (F) of Section 3 of Act 298 of 2025, for deferred maintenance, in a 9
sum not to exceed ..................................................$570,000. 10
(G) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 11
in Item (G) of Section 3 of Act 298 of 2025, for repair or replacement of 12
equipment and library holdings, in a sum not to exceed ..............$82,080. 13
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SECTION 4. REAPPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY - MOUNTAIN HOME. 15
There is hereby appropriated, to the Arkansas State University - Mountain 16
Home, to be payable from the Development and Enhancement Fund, for the 17
Arkansas State University - Mountain Home the following: 18
(A) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 19
in Item (A) of Section 4 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation of the Technical 20
Center roof coating, in a sum not to exceed ......................$1,000,000. 21
(B) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 22
in Item (B) of Section 4 of Act 298 of 2025, for critical maintenance 23
equipment project, in a sum not to exceed ........................$1,600,000. 24
(C) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 25
in Item (C) of Section 4 of Act 298 of 2025, for IT infrastructure 26
upgrades/replacement, in a sum not to exceed .......................$300,000. 27
(D) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 28
in Item (D) of Section 4 of Act 298 of 2025, for the Vada Sheid Community 29
Center, in a sum not to exceed ...................................$1,000,000. 30
(E) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 31
in Item (E) of Section 4 of Act 298 of 2025, for security system upgrades, in 32
a sum not to exceed ................................................$100,000. 33
(F) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 34
in Item (F) of Section 4 of Act 298 of 2025, for deferred maintenance, in a 35
sum not to exceed ..................................................$310,000. 36
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(G) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 1
in Item (G) of Section 4 of Act 298 of 2025, for repair or replacement of 2
equipment and library holdings, in a sum not to exceed .............$156,560. 3
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SECTION 5. REAPPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY - NEWPORT. 5
There is hereby appropriated, to the Arkansas State University - Newport, to 6
be payable from the Development and Enhancement Fund, for the Arkansas State 7
University - Newport the following: 8
(A) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 9
in Item (A) of Section 5 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation of the Nursing 10
and Health Professions Building on the Marked Tree campus, in a sum not to 11
exceed ...........................................................$1,000,000. 12
(B) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 13
in Item (B) of Section 5 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation and remodeling of 14
the Main Building on the Jonesboro campus, in a sum not to exceed 15
..................................................................$1,000,000. 16
(C) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 17
in Item (C) of Section 5 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation and remodeling of 18
the Main Building on the Marked Tree campus, in a sum not to exceed 19
..................................................................$1,000,000. 20
(D) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 21
in Item (D) of Section 5 of Act 298 of 2025, for Phase 2 Photovoltaic Solar 22
Array, in a sum not to exceed ....................................$1,000,000. 23
(E) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 24
in Item (E) of Section 5 of Act 298 of 2025, for deferred maintenance, in a 25
sum not to exceed ..................................................$430,000. 26
(F) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 27
in Item (F) of Section 5 of Act 298 of 2025, for repair or replacement of 28
equipment and library holdings, in a sum not to exceed .............$285,273. 29
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SECTION 6. REAPPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY THREE RIVERS. 31
There is hereby appropriated, to the Arkansas State University Three Rivers, 32
to be payable from the Development and Enhancement Fund, for the Arkansas 33
State University Three Rivers the following: 34
(A) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 35
in Item (A) of Section 6 of Act 298 of 2025, for workforce training 36
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expansion, in a sum not to exceed ................................$1,000,000. 1
(B) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 2
in Item (B) of Section 6 of Act 298 of 2025, for costs of construction of the 3
Career Center Classroom Building, in a sum not to exceed .........$1,380,000. 4
(C) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 5
in Item (C) of Section 6 of Act 298 of 2025, for an energy management system, 6
in a sum not to exceed .............................................$400,000. 7
(D) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 8
in Item (D) of Section 6 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation of the Science 9
Building, in a sum not to exceed ...................................$500,000. 10
(E) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 11
in Item (E) of Section 6 of Act 298 of 2025, for costs of construction of the 12
Facilities Management Building, in a sum not to exceed .............$720,000. 13
(F) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 14
in Item (F) of Section 6 of Act 298 of 2025, for deferred maintenance, in a 15
sum not to exceed ..................................................$240,000. 16
(G) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 17
in Item (G) of Section 6 of Act 298 of 2025, for repair or replacement of 18
equipment and library holdings, in a sum not to exceed ..............$94,780. 19
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SECTION 7. REAPPROPRIATION - BLACK RIVER TECHNICAL COLLEGE. There is 21
hereby appropriated, to the Black River Technical College, to be payable from 22
the Development and Enhancement Fund, for the Black River Technical College 23
the following: 24
(A) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 25
in Item (A) of Section 7 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation of the RCDC 26
Building, in a sum not to exceed ...................................$697,500. 27
(B) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 28
in Item (B) of Section 7 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation of the "A" and 29
"B" Buildings, in a sum not to exceed ..............................$247,500. 30
(C) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 31
in Item (C) of Section 7 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation of the Global 32
Education Center, in a sum not to exceed ...........................$225,000. 33
(D) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 34
in Item (D) of Section 7 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation of the Integrated 35
Automation Technology Lab, in a sum not to exceed ..................$382,500. 36
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(E) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 1
in Item (E) of Section 7 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation of the Health 2
Science Complex, in a sum not to exceed ............................$405,000. 3
(F) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 4
in Item (F) of Section 7 of Act 298 of 2025, for critical maintenance, in a 5
sum not to exceed ...................................................$70,000. 6
(G) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 7
in Item (G) of Section 7 of Act 298 of 2025, for deferred maintenance, in a 8
sum not to exceed ..................................................$470,000. 9
(H) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 10
in Item (H) of Section 7 of Act 298 of 2025, for repair or replacement of 11
equipment and library holdings, in a sum not to exceed .............$168,167. 12
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SECTION 8. REAPPROPRIATION - COSSATOT COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF THE 14
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Cossatot 15
Community College of the University of Arkansas, to be payable from the 16
Development and Enhancement Fund, for the Cossatot Community College of the 17
University of Arkansas the following: 18
(A) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 19
in Item (A) of Section 8 of Act 298 of 2025, for fiber optic and switch 20
replacements, in a sum not to exceed ...............................$475,000. 21
(B) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 22
in Item (B) of Section 8 of Act 298 of 2025, for costs of construction of a 23
multi-purpose facility/convocation center, in a sum not to exceed 24
..................................................................$2,955,000. 25
(C) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 26
in Item (C) of Section 8 of Act 298 of 2025, for roof replacement of the 27
Nashville Atrium, in a sum not to exceed ...........................$570,000. 28
(D) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 29
in Item (D) of Section 8 of Act 298 of 2025, for critical maintenance, in a 30
sum not to exceed ..................................................$100,000. 31
(E) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 32
in Item (E) of Section 8 of Act 298 of 2025, for deferred maintenance, in a 33
sum not to exceed ..................................................$370,000. 34
(F) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 35
in Item (F) of Section 8 of Act 298 of 2025, for repair or replacement of 36
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equipment and library holdings, in a sum not to exceed .............$118,800. 1
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SECTION 9. REAPPROPRIATION - NATIONAL PARK COLLEGE. There is hereby 3
appropriated, to the National Park College, to be payable from the 4
Development and Enhancement Fund, for the National Park College the 5
following: 6
(A) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 7
in Item (A) of Section 9 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation and repair of 8
Pedestrian Bridge (4), in a sum not to exceed .......................$88,005. 9
(B) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 10
in Item (B) of Section 9 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation and replacement 11
of the Gym Complex HVAC, in a sum not to exceed ....................$343,000. 12
(C) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 13
in Item (C) of Section 9 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation and replacement 14
of the Gerald Fisher CC roof, in a sum not to exceed ...............$170,690. 15
(D) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 16
in Item (D) of Section 9 of Act 298 of 2025, for costs of construction of the 17
Welding Technology Center, in a sum not to exceed ................$3,398,305. 18
(E) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 19
in Item (E) of Section 9 of Act 298 of 2025, for critical maintenance, in a 20
sum not to exceed ..................................................$160,000. 21
(F) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 22
in Item (F) of Section 9 of Act 298 of 2025, for deferred maintenance, in a 23
sum not to exceed ..................................................$810,000. 24
(G) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 25
in Item (G) of Section 9 of Act 298 of 2025, for repair or replacement of 26
equipment and library holdings, in a sum not to exceed .............$285,060. 27
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SECTION 10. REAPPROPRIATION - NORTH ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF THE UNIVERSITY 29
OF ARKANSAS. There is hereby appropriated, to the North Arkansas College of 30
the University of Arkansas, to be payable from the Development and 31
Enhancement Fund, for the North Arkansas College of the University of 32
Arkansas the following: 33
(A) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 34
in Item (A) of Section 10 of Act 298 of 2025, for costs of construction for 35
Bradley Center expansion, in a sum not to exceed .................$2,195,000. 36
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(B) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 1
in Item (B) of Section 10 of Act 298 of 2025, for technology systems 2
improvements, in a sum not to exceed .............................$1,245,000. 3
(C) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 4
in Item (C) of Section 10 of Act 298 of 2025, for the replacement of sliding 5
glass doors, in a sum not to exceed ................................$275,000. 6
(D) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 7
in Item (D) of Section 10 of Act 298 of 2025, for the renovation of tiered 8
classrooms to comply with ADA, in a sum not to exceed ..............$285,000. 9
(E) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 10
in Item (E) of Section 10 of Act 298 of 2025, for critical maintenance, in a 11
sum not to exceed ..................................................$200,000. 12
(F) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 13
in Item (F) of Section 10 of Act 298 of 2025, for deferred maintenance, in a 14
sum not to exceed ..................................................$430,000. 15
(G) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 16
in Item (G) of Section 10 of Act 298 of 2025, for repair or replacement of 17
equipment and library holdings, in a sum not to exceed .............$200,613. 18
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SECTION 11. REAPPROPRIATION - NORTHWEST ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE. 20
There is hereby appropriated, to the Northwest Arkansas Community College, to 21
be payable from the Development and Enhancement Fund, for the Northwest 22
Arkansas Community College the following: 23
(A) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 24
in Item (A) of Section 11 of Act 298 of 2025, for end point detection 25
remediation, in a sum not to exceed ................................$250,000. 26
(B) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 27
in Item (B) of Section 11 of Act 298 of 2025, for Burns Hall HVAC water 28
units, in a sum not to exceed ......................................$329,000. 29
(C) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 30
in Item (C) of Section 11 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation of White 31
Auditorium, in a sum not to exceed .................................$277,000. 32
(D) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 33
in Item (D) of Section 11 of Act 298 of 2025, for costs of construction of 34
Health Professions Building 2, in a sum not to exceed ............$4,144,000. 35
(E) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 36
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in Item (E) of Section 11 of Act 298 of 2025, for critical maintenance, in a 1
sum not to exceed ..................................................$790,000. 2
(F) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 3
in Item (F) of Section 11 of Act 298 of 2025, for deferred maintenance, in a 4
sum not to exceed ..................................................$740,000. 5
(G) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 6
in Item (G) of Section 11 of Act 298 of 2025, for repair or replacement of 7
equipment and library holdings, in a sum not to exceed .............$773,300. 8
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SECTION 12. REAPPROPRIATION - OZARKA COLLEGE. There is hereby 10
appropriated, to the Ozarka College, to be payable from the Development and 11
Enhancement Fund, for the Ozarka College the following: 12
(A) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 13
in Item (A) of Section 12 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation of the 14
Administration Building roof and HVAC, in a sum not to exceed ......$600,000. 15
(B) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 16
in Item (B) of Section 12 of Act 298 of 2025, for costs of construction of 17
the Skilled Trades Facility in Ash Flat, in a sum not to exceed ..$2,000,000. 18
(C) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 19
in Item (C) of Section 12 of Act 298 of 2025, for critical maintenance, in a 20
sum not to exceed ...................................................$90,000. 21
(D) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 22
in Item (D) of Section 12 of Act 298 of 2025, for deferred maintenance, in a 23
sum not to exceed ..................................................$290,000. 24
(E) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 25
in Item (E) of Section 12 of Act 298 of 2025, for repair or replacement of 26
equipment and library holdings, in a sum not to exceed .............$100,107. 27
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SECTION 13. REAPPROPRIATION - PHILLIPS COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF THE 29
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Phillips 30
Community College of the University of Arkansas, to be payable from the 31
Development and Enhancement Fund, for the Phillips Community College of the 32
University of Arkansas the following: 33
(A) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 34
in Item (A) of Section 13 of Act 298 of 2025, for campus fire and security 35
system upgrades, in a sum not to exceed ..........................$1,750,000. 36
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(B) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 1
in Item (B) of Section 13 of Act 298 of 2025, for ADA compliance 2
improvements, in a sum not to exceed ...............................$250,000. 3
(C) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 4
in Item (C) of Section 13 of Act 298 of 2025, for roof repair and 5
replacement, in a sum not to exceed ................................$700,000. 6
(D) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 7
in Item (D) of Section 13 of Act 298 of 2025, for HVAC and LED efficiency 8
upgrades, in a sum not to exceed ...................................$250,000. 9
(E) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 10
in Item (E) of Section 13 of Act 298 of 2025, for critical maintenance, in a 11
sum not to exceed ..................................................$620,000. 12
(F) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 13
in Item (F) of Section 13 of Act 298 of 2025, for deferred maintenance, in a 14
sum not to exceed ................................................$1,060,000. 15
(G) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 16
in Item (G) of Section 13 of Act 298 of 2025, for repair or replacement of 17
equipment and library holdings, in a sum not to exceed .............$133,340. 18
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SECTION 14. REAPPROPRIATION - SAU-TECH. There is hereby appropriated, 20
to the SAU-Tech, to be payable from the Development and Enhancement Fund, for 21
the SAU-Tech the following: 22
(A) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 23
in Item (A) of Section 14 of Act 298 of 2025, for roof and foundation repair, 24
in a sum not to exceed .............................................$875,997. 25
(B) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 26
in Item (B) of Section 14 of Act 298 of 2025, for HVAC replacement, in a sum 27
not to exceed ....................................................$2,000,000. 28
(C) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 29
in Item (C) of Section 14 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation of Manning Hall 30
and Shumaker Hall, in a sum not to exceed ........................$1,124,003. 31
(D) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 32
in Item (D) of Section 14 of Act 298 of 2025, for alarm panel upgrades, in a 33
sum not to exceed ..................................................$175,000. 34
(E) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 35
in Item (E) of Section 14 of Act 298 of 2025, for critical maintenance, in a 36
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sum not to exceed ..................................................$740,000. 1
(F) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 2
in Item (F) of Section 14 of Act 298 of 2025, for deferred maintenance, in a 3
sum not to exceed ................................................$1,050,000. 4
(G) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 5
in Item (G) of Section 14 of Act 298 of 2025, for repair or replacement of 6
equipment and library holdings, in a sum not to exceed .............$126,933. 7
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SECTION 15. REAPPROPRIATION - SAU-TECH - ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING 9
ACADEMY. There is hereby appropriated, to the SAU-Tech, to be payable from 10
the Development and Enhancement Fund, for the SAU-Tech - Environmental 11
Training Academy the following: 12
(A) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 13
in Item (A) of Section 15 of Act 298 of 2025, for critical maintenance, in a 14
sum not to exceed ...................................................$20,000. 15
(B) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 16
in Item (B) of Section 15 of Act 298 of 2025, for deferred maintenance, in a 17
sum not to exceed ...................................................$20,000. 18
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SECTION 16. REAPPROPRIATION - SAU-TECH - FIRE TRAINING ACADEMY. There 20
is hereby appropriated, to the SAU-Tech, to be payable from the Development 21
and Enhancement Fund, for the SAU-Tech - Fire Training Academy the following: 22
(A) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 23
in Item (A) of Section 16 of Act 298 of 2025, for equipment replacement, in a 24
sum not to exceed ...................................................$91,000. 25
(B) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 26
in Item (B) of Section 16 of Act 298 of 2025, for training ground 27
enhancements, in a sum not to exceed .............................$2,172,000. 28
(C) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 29
in Item (C) of Section 16 of Act 298 of 2025, for HVAC improvements, in a sum 30
not to exceed ......................................................$237,000. 31
(D) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 32
in Item (D) of Section 16 of Act 298 of 2025, for critical maintenance, in a 33
sum not to exceed ...................................................$40,000. 34
(E) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 35
in Item (E) of Section 16 of Act 298 of 2025, for deferred maintenance, in a 36
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sum not to exceed ...................................................$60,000. 1
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SECTION 17. REAPPROPRIATION - SOUTH ARKANSAS COLLEGE. There is hereby 3
appropriated, to the South Arkansas College, to be payable from the 4
Development and Enhancement Fund, for the South Arkansas College the 5
following: 6
(A) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 7
in Item (A) of Section 17 of Act 298 of 2025, for costs of construction of 8
the Facilities Plant Building, in a sum not to exceed ............$1,850,000. 9
(B) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 10
in Item (B) of Section 17 of Act 298 of 2025, for safety/ADA compliance 11
upgrades, in a sum not to exceed ...................................$150,000. 12
(C) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 13
in Item (C) of Section 17 of Act 298 of 2025, for the Health Science Center 14
addition, in a sum not to exceed .................................$2,000,000. 15
(D) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 16
in Item (D) of Section 17 of Act 298 of 2025, for critical maintenance, in a 17
sum not to exceed ..................................................$100,000. 18
(E) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 19
in Item (E) of Section 17 of Act 298 of 2025, for deferred maintenance, in a 20
sum not to exceed ..................................................$180,000. 21
(F) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 22
in Item (F) of Section 17 of Act 298 of 2025, for repair or replacement of 23
equipment and library holdings, in a sum not to exceed .............$148,193. 24
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hereby appropriated, to the Southeast Arkansas College, to be payable from 27
the Development and Enhancement Fund, for the Southeast Arkansas College the 28
following: 29
(A) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 30
in Item (A) of Section 18 of Act 298 of 2025, for costs of construction of 31
the SEARK Emergency Operations Center, in a sum not to exceed ....$3,300,000. 32
(B) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 33
in Item (B) of Section 18 of Act 298 of 2025, for campus roof replacement for 34
Founders Hall and McGeorge Hall, in a sum not to exceed ............$400,000. 35
(C) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 36
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in Item (C) of Section 18 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation of the Testing 1
Center, in a sum not to exceed ......................................$50,000. 2
(D) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 3
in Item (D) of Section 18 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation of the Commons 4
Building, in a sum not to exceed ...................................$250,000. 5
(E) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 6
in Item (E) of Section 18 of Act 298 of 2025, for critical maintenance, in a 7
sum not to exceed ..................................................$150,000. 8
(F) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 9
in Item (F) of Section 18 of Act 298 of 2025, for deferred maintenance, in a 10
sum not to exceed ..................................................$330,000. 11
(G) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 12
in Item (G) of Section 18 of Act 298 of 2025, for repair or replacement of 13
equipment and library holdings, in a sum not to exceed .............$132,687. 14
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AT BATESVILLE. There is hereby appropriated, to the University of Arkansas 17
Community College at Batesville, to be payable from the Development and 18
Enhancement Fund, for the University of Arkansas Community College at 19
Batesville the following: 20
(A) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 21
in Item (A) of Section 19 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation of the Gateway 22
Center, in a sum not to exceed ...................................$2,000,000. 23
(B) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 24
in Item (B) of Section 19 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation of the Main 25
Classroom Building, in a sum not to exceed .......................$1,000,000. 26
(C) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 27
in Item (C) of Section 19 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation of the vehicle 28
bridge, in a sum not to exceed ...................................$1,000,000. 29
(D) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 30
in Item (D) of Section 19 of Act 298 of 2025, for critical maintenance, in a 31
sum not to exceed ..................................................$590,000. 32
(E) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 33
in Item (E) of Section 19 of Act 298 of 2025, for deferred maintenance, in a 34
sum not to exceed ..................................................$230,000. 35
(F) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 36
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in Item (F) of Section 19 of Act 298 of 2025, for repair or replacement of 1
equipment and library holdings, in a sum not to exceed .............$145,967. 2
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AT HOPE-TEXARKANA. There is hereby appropriated, to the University of 5
Arkansas Community College at Hope-Texarkana, to be payable from the 6
Development and Enhancement Fund, for the University of Arkansas Community 7
College at Hope-Texarkana the following: 8
(A) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 9
in Item (A) of Section 20 of Act 298 of 2025, for HVAC replacements, in a sum 10
not to exceed ......................................................$820,000. 11
(B) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 12
in Item (B) of Section 20 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation of Hempstead 13
Hall, in a sum not to exceed .......................................$300,000. 14
(C) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 15
in Item (C) of Section 20 of Act 298 of 2025, for building upgrades and 16
maintenance, in a sum not to exceed ................................$500,000. 17
(D) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 18
in Item (D) of Section 20 of Act 298 of 2025, for critical maintenance, in a 19
sum not to exceed ..................................................$340,000. 20
(E) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 21
in Item (E) of Section 20 of Act 298 of 2025, for deferred maintenance, in a 22
sum not to exceed ..................................................$300,000. 23
(F) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 24
in Item (F) of Section 20 of Act 298 of 2025, for repair or replacement of 25
equipment and library holdings, in a sum not to exceed ..............$97,340. 26
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AT MORRILTON. There is hereby appropriated, to the University of Arkansas 29
Community College at Morrilton, to be payable from the Development and 30
Enhancement Fund, for the University of Arkansas Community College at 31
Morrilton the following: 32
(A) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 33
in Item (A) of Section 21 of Act 298 of 2025, for costs of construction of 34
the Allied Health/Health Sciences Building, in a sum not to exceed 35
..................................................................$2,000,000. 36
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(B) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 1
in Item (B) of Section 21 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation and construction 2
of East Campus infrastructure, in a sum not to exceed ............$2,000,000. 3
(C) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 4
in Item (C) of Section 21 of Act 298 of 2025, for critical maintenance, in a 5
sum not to exceed ..................................................$210,000. 6
(D) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 7
in Item (D) of Section 21 of Act 298 of 2025, for deferred maintenance, in a 8
sum not to exceed ..................................................$230,000. 9
(E) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 10
in Item (E) of Section 21 of Act 298 of 2025, for repair or replacement of 11
equipment and library holdings, in a sum not to exceed .............$237,367. 12
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AT RICH MOUNTAIN. There is hereby appropriated, to the University of 15
Arkansas Community College at Rich Mountain, to be payable from the 16
Development and Enhancement Fund, for the University of Arkansas Community 17
College at Rich Mountain the following: 18
(A) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 19
in Item (A) of Section 22 of Act 298 of 2025, for costs of construction of 20
the Health Science Facility, in a sum not to exceed ..............$3,209,000. 21
(B) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 22
in Item (B) of Section 22 of Act 298 of 2025, for technology upgrade of 23
Lecture Hall, in a sum not to exceed ...............................$590,500. 24
(C) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 25
in Item (C) of Section 22 of Act 298 of 2025, for the purchase of Allied 26
Health equipment, in a sum not to exceed ...........................$200,500. 27
(D) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 28
in Item (D) of Section 22 of Act 298 of 2025, for critical maintenance, in a 29
sum not to exceed ...................................................$60,000. 30
(E) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 31
in Item (E) of Section 22 of Act 298 of 2025, for deferred maintenance, in a 32
sum not to exceed ..................................................$130,000. 33
(F) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 34
in Item (F) of Section 22 of Act 298 of 2025, for repair or replacement of 35
equipment and library holdings, in a sum not to exceed ..............$88,933. 36
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SECTION 23. REAPPROPRIATION - UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS EAST ARKANSAS 2
COMMUNITY COLLEGE. There is hereby appropriated, to the University of 3
Arkansas East Arkansas Community College, to be payable from the Development 4
and Enhancement Fund, for the University of Arkansas East Arkansas Community 5
College the following: 6
(A) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 7
in Item (A) of Section 23 of Act 298 of 2025, for switchgear replacement, in 8
a sum not to exceed ................................................$400,000. 9
(B) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 10
in Item (B) of Section 23 of Act 298 of 2025, for structural corrections, in 11
a sum not to exceed ................................................$730,000. 12
(C) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 13
in Item (C) of Section 23 of Act 298 of 2025, for ground repair new FAC and 14
LRC, in a sum not to exceed ........................................$375,000. 15
(D) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 16
in Item (D) of Section 23 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation of roofs, in a 17
sum not to exceed ..................................................$200,000. 18
(E) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 19
in Item (E) of Section 23 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation of Admin and 20
FAC, in a sum not to exceed ........................................$575,000. 21
(F) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 22
in Item (F) of Section 23 of Act 298 of 2025, for costs of construction of 23
new welding/HVAC training labs, in a sum not to exceed .............$615,000. 24
(G) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 25
in Item (G) of Section 23 of Act 298 of 2025, for air conditioning for 26
vocational labs, in a sum not to exceed ............................$100,000. 27
(H) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 28
in Item (H) of Section 23 of Act 298 of 2025, for demolition of vacant 29
buildings, in a sum not to exceed ..................................$500,000. 30
(I) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 31
in Item (I) of Section 23 of Act 298 of 2025, for widening the South Campus 32
entrance, in a sum not to exceed ....................................$50,000. 33
(J) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 34
in Item (J) of Section 23 of Act 298 of 2025, for asphalt for part of Welcome 35
Way, in a sum not to exceed ........................................$195,000. 36
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(K) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 1
in Item (K) of Section 23 of Act 298 of 2025, for painting CTE shops and 2
awnings, in a sum not to exceed .....................................$80,000. 3
(L) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 4
in Item (L) of Section 23 of Act 298 of 2025, for tower repair, in a sum not 5
to exceed ...........................................................$50,000. 6
(M) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 7
in Item (M) of Section 23 of Act 298 of 2025, for critical maintenance, in a 8
sum not to exceed ...................................................$40,000. 9
(N) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 10
in Item (N) of Section 23 of Act 298 of 2025, for deferred maintenance, in a 11
sum not to exceed ..................................................$520,000. 12
(O) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 13
in Item (O) of Section 23 of Act 298 of 2025, for repair or replacement of 14
equipment and library holdings, in a sum not to exceed .............$100,427. 15
(P) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 16
in Item (L) of Section 25 of Act 92 of 2025, for deferred maintenance, in a 17
sum not to exceed ..................................................$150,000. 18
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TECHNICAL COLLEGE. There is hereby appropriated, to the University of 21
Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College, to be payable from the Development and 22
Enhancement Fund, for the University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College 23
the following: 24
(A) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 25
in Item (A) of Section 24 of Act 298 of 2025, for costs of construction of 26
the Center for Innovation and Applied Engineering, in a sum not to exceed 27
..................................................................$2,920,000. 28
(B) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 29
in Item (B) of Section 24 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation of the Allied 30
Health Building, in a sum not to exceed ..........................$1,330,000. 31
(C) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 32
in Item (C) of Section 24 of Act 298 of 2025, for renovation of the Library, 33
in a sum not to exceed .............................................$750,000. 34
(D) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 35
in Item (D) of Section 24 of Act 298 of 2025, for critical maintenance, in a 36
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sum not to exceed ...................................................$70,000. 1
(E) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 2
in Item (E) of Section 24 of Act 298 of 2025, for deferred maintenance, in a 3
sum not to exceed ..................................................$660,000. 4
(F) Effective July 1, 2026, the balance of the appropriation provided 5
in Item (F) of Section 24 of Act 298 of 2025, for repair or replacement of 6
equipment and library holdings, in a sum not to exceed .............$647,020. 7
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SECTION 25. DISBURSEMENT CONTROLS. (A) No contract may be awarded nor 9
obligations otherwise incurred in relation to the project or projects 10
described herein in excess of the State Treasury funds actually available 11
therefor as provided by law. Provided, however, that institutions and 12
agencies listed herein shall have the authority to accept and use grants and 13
donations including Federal funds, and to use its unobligated cash income or 14
funds, or both available to it, for the purpose of supplementing the State 15
Treasury funds for financing the entire costs of the project or projects 16
enumerated herein. Provided further, that the appropriations and funds 17
otherwise provided by the General Assembly for Maintenance and General 18
Operations of the agency or institutions receiving appropriation herein shall 19
not be used for any of the purposes as appropriated in this act. 20
(B) The restrictions of any applicable provisions of the State 21
Purchasing Law, the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, the 22
Revenue Stabilization Law and any other applicable fiscal control laws of 23
this State and regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and 24
Administration, as authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in 25
disbursement of any funds provided by this act unless specifically provided 26
otherwise by law. 27
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Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 30
contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 31
which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 32
Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 33
manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 34
summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 35
Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 36
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SECTION 27. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 2
General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 3
the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 4
effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2026 is essential to the operation of 5
the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 6
the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 7
effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2026 could work irreparable harm 8
upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 9
programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 10
being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 11
and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2026. 12
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