AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - SYSTEM AND VARIOUS DIVISIONS APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR.

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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Fiscal Session, 2026 SENATE BILL 40 3
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By: Joint Budget Committee 5
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8
AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR PERSONAL SERVICES 9
AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS 10
- SYSTEM AND VARIOUS DIVISIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 11
ENDING JUNE 30, 2027; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12
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Subtitle 15
AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - 16
SYSTEM AND VARIOUS DIVISIONS 17
APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL 18
YEAR. 19
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 22
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SECTION 1. REGULAR SALARIES - SYSTEM AND VARIOUS DIVISIONS. There is 24
hereby established for the University of Arkansas - System and Various 25
Divisions for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum number of 26
regular employees. 27
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Maximum Annual 29
Maximum Salary Rate 30
Item No. of Fiscal Year 31
No. Title Employees 2026-2027 32
SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION 33
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 34
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 35
(1) President, University of Arkansas 1 $580,732 36
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(2) Vice-Pres. for Academic Affairs 1 $302,675 1
(3) Vice-Pres. for Finance & CFO 1 $286,054 2
(4) Vice-Pres. for Administration 1 $274,859 3
(5) Vice-Pres., Univ. Rel. & Pub. Serv. 1 $253,658 4
(6) Vice-Pres., Planning and Dev. 1 $253,658 5
(7) Vice-Pres., Emp. Benefits & Risk 1 $253,658 6
(8) Vice-Pres., Legal Affs. & General Co. 1 $253,658 7
(9) Assoc. Vice President 6 $238,822 8
(10) Dir. of Employee Benefits 1 $225,403 9
(11) Dir. of Internal Audits 3 $213,985 10
(12) Dir. of Plan. & Resource Services 1 $213,927 11
(13) Project/Program Administrator 77 12
Executive Project/Program Director $213,928 13
Exec. Project/Program Manager $186,892 14
Sr. Project/Program Director $152,254 15
Project/Program Director $140,091 16
Project/Program Manager $126,956 17
Executive Assistant $118,680 18
Project/Program Specialist $109,536 19
(14) Senior Assoc. General Counsel 1 $177,775 20
(15) Senior Institutional Audit Manager 4 $176,905 21
(16) Assoc. General Counsel 4 $174,174 22
(17) Asst. Dir. of Plng. & Res. Svcs. 1 $171,198 23
(18) Asst. to the President 1 $168,833 24
(19) Regional Audit Manager 2 $163,207 25
(20) Director of Administrative Services 2 $161,671 26
(21) Assoc. Director of Internal Audits 1 $136,367 27
(22) Associate Director 2 $120,318 28
(23) Dir. of University Information 1 $120,318 29
(24) Associate for Administration 3 $109,536 30
(25) Administrative Support Pool 1 31
Administrative Assistant $69,437 32
Administrative Analyst $69,437 33
Administrative Support Supervisor $64,199 34
Administrative Specialist III $61,729 35
Administration Support Specialist $61,729 36
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Administrative Specialist II $54,877 1
Administrative Support Specialist $54,877 2
Administrative Specialist I $48,785 3
Extra Help Assistant $40,098 4
(26) Landscape Specialist 1 $57,071 5
ARKANSAS ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY 6
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 7
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 8
(27) Dir. of Ar. Archeological Survey 1 $226,384 9
(28) State Archeologist 1 $196,258 10
(29) Survey Assistant Director 1 $171,135 11
(30) Dir of Sys Prog & Database Svcs 1 $115,338 12
(31) Fiscal Support Pool 2 13
Fiscal Support Manager $95,029 14
Fiscal Support Supervisor $78,106 15
Accountant II $75,103 16
Accountant I $72,215 17
Fiscal Support Analyst $69,437 18
Fiscal Support Specialist $61,729 19
Accounting Technician $57,071 20
Fiscal Support Technician $52,766 21
(32) Administrative Support Pool 1 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
(33) Institutional Services Assistant 1 $43,370 32
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 33
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 34
(34) Archeologist Pool 25 35
Archeologist $195,502 36
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Assoc. Archeologist $168,833 1
Asst. Archeologist $156,902 2
(35) Survey Research/Professionals Pool 30 3
Survey Research Associate $152,686 4
Survey Research Assistant $104,137 5
Archeological Assistant $59,215 6
CRIMINAL JUSTICE INSTITUTE 7
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 8
ADMINISTRATIVE AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS 9
(36) Director, Criminal Justice Inst. 1 $226,384 10
(37) Project/Program Administrator 24 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
(38) Assoc. Dir. Criminal Justice Inst. 2 $196,258 19
(39) Asst. Dir., Fiscal Affairs 1 $171,198 20
(40) Director of Computer Serv. 1 $123,806 21
(41) Fiscal Support Pool 1 22
Fiscal Support Manager $95,029 23
Fiscal Support Supervisor $78,106 24
Accountant II $75,103 25
Accountant I $72,215 26
Fiscal Support Analyst $69,437 27
Fiscal Support Specialist $61,729 28
Accounting Technician $57,071 29
Fiscal Support Technician $52,766 30
(42) Institutional Assistant 4 $92,859 31
(43) Administrative Support Pool 5 32
Administrative Assistant $69,437 33
Administrative Analyst $69,437 34
Administrative Support Supervisor $64,199 35
Administrative Specialist III $61,729 36
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Administration Support Specialist $61,729 1
Administrative Specialist II $54,877 2
Administrative Support Specialist $54,877 3
Administrative Specialist I $48,785 4
Extra Help Assistant $40,098 5
CLINTON SCHOOL OF PUBLIC SERVICE 6
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 7
ADMINISTRATIVE AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS 8
(44) Faculty - 12 month 12 9
Distinguished Professor $282,450 10
Professor $241,688 11
Instructor $139,030 12
(45) Dean of Clinton School 1 $271,326 13
(46) Project/Program Administrator 11 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
(47) Director of Development 1 $210,294 22
(48) Lecturer 6 $111,330 23
ARKANSAS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION OPTICAL NETWORK 24
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 25
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 26
(49) AREON Executive Director 1 $298,662 27
(50) AREON Chief Technology Officer 1 $265,477 28
(51) Project/Program Administrator 2 29
Executive Project/Program Director $213,928 30
Exec. Project/Program Manager $186,892 31
Sr. Project/Program Director $172,738 32
Project/Program Director $140,094 33
Project/Program Manager $126,956 34
Executive Assistant $118,680 35
Project/Program Specialist $109,536 36
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(52) IT Pool 8 1
Network Engineer $207,404 2
Information Systems Manager $133,122 3
Computer Network Coordinator $132,901 4
Technical Support Staff $126,956 5
Coordinator, Academic Computing $125,461 6
Coord., Administrative Computing $125,461 7
Coordinator of Information Tech. $123,806 8
Website Developer/Programmer $123,806 9
System Programmer/Web Developer $122,387 10
Computer Systems Mgr. $112,475 11
Database Administrator $110,019 12
Systems Administrator $108,925 13
Information Systems Security Spec. $106,894 14
Institution Information Tech. Coord $104,736 15
Assistant Database Administrator $100,790 16
Computer Support Manager $100,708 17
Information Systems Coordinator $100,708 18
Senior Software Support Specialist $100,708 19
Systems Specialist $100,708 20
Information Technology Manager $99,493 21
Network Support Specialist $96,834 22
Senior Software Support Analyst $96,834 23
Tech Support/Systems Admin. $95,330 24
Tech Support/Applications Support $95,330 25
Information Systems Business Mgr. $93,110 26
Security Analyst $93,110 27
Systems Analyst $93,110 28
Information Technology Specialist $91,166 29
Computer Support Coordinator $89,529 30
Software Support Analyst $89,529 31
Systems Applications Supervisor $89,529 32
Computer Operations Coordinator $86,085 33
Systems Coordination Analyst $86,085 34
PC Support Specialist $84,480 35
Computer Support Specialist $82,775 36
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Database Analyst $82,775 1
Digital Broadcast Specialist $79,590 2
Network Support Analyst $79,590 3
Website Developer $79,590 4
Information Systems Analyst $76,530 5
Info. Systems Security Analyst $76,530 6
Computer Support Analyst $76,530 7
Software Support Specialist $73,587 8
Telecommunications Supervisor $73,587 9
Media Specialist $72,215 10
Computer Support Technician $70,756 11
Help Desk Specialist $70,756 12
Computer Operator $68,035 13
Network Analyst $68,035 14
Telecommunications Specialist $68,035 15
Multimedia Specialist $64,199 16
Information Technology Assistant $60,483 17
Computer Lab Technician $58,156 18
Multimedia Technician $52,766 19
Audiovisual Laboratory Assistant $48,785 20
(53) AREON Director of Admn. & Plng 1 $139,455 21
(54) Fiscal Support Pool 1 22
Fiscal Support Manager $95,029 23
Fiscal Support Supervisor $78,106 24
Accountant II $75,103 25
Accountant I $72,215 26
Fiscal Support Analyst $69,437 27
Fiscal Support Specialist $61,729 28
Accounting Technician $57,071 29
Fiscal Support Technician $52,766 30
ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR MATHEMATICS, 31
SCIENCES, AND THE ARTS 32
ADMINISTRATIVE AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS 33
(55) Project/Program Administrator 18 34
Executive Project/Program Director $213,928 35
Exec. Project/Program Manager $186,892 36
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Sr. Project/Program Director $172,738 1
Project/Program Director $140,094 2
Project/Program Manager $126,956 3
Executive Assistant $118,680 4
Project/Program Specialist $109,536 5
(56) IT Pool 3 6
Network Engineer $207,404 7
Information Systems Manager $133,122 8
Computer Network Coordinator $132,901 9
Technical Support Staff $126,956 10
Coordinator, Academic Computing $125,461 11
Coord., Administrative Computing $125,461 12
Coordinator of Information Tech. $123,806 13
Website Developer/Programmer $123,806 14
System Programmer/Web Developer $122,387 15
Computer Systems Mgr. $112,475 16
Database Administrator $110,019 17
Systems Administrator $108,925 18
Information Systems Security Spec. $106,894 19
Institution Information Tech. Coord $104,736 20
Assistant Database Administrator $100,790 21
Computer Support Manager $100,708 22
Information Systems Coordinator $100,708 23
Senior Software Support Specialist $100,708 24
Systems Specialist $100,708 25
Information Technology Manager $99,493 26
Network Support Specialist $96,834 27
Senior Software Support Analyst $96,834 28
Tech Support/Systems Admin. $95,330 29
Tech Support/Applications Support $95,330 30
Information Systems Business Mgr. $93,110 31
Security Analyst $93,110 32
Systems Analyst $93,110 33
Information Technology Specialist $91,166 34
Computer Support Coordinator $89,529 35
Software Support Analyst $89,529 36
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Systems Applications Supervisor $89,529 1
Computer Operations Coordinator $86,085 2
Systems Coordination Analyst $86,085 3
PC Support Specialist $84,480 4
Computer Support Specialist $82,775 5
Database Analyst $82,775 6
Digital Broadcast Specialist $79,590 7
Network Support Analyst $79,590 8
Website Developer $79,590 9
Information Systems Analyst $76,530 10
Info. Systems Security Analyst $76,530 11
Computer Support Analyst $76,530 12
Software Support Specialist $73,587 13
Telecommunications Supervisor $73,587 14
Media Specialist $72,215 15
Computer Support Technician $70,756 16
Help Desk Specialist $70,756 17
Computer Operator $68,035 18
Network Analyst $68,035 19
Telecommunications Specialist $68,035 20
Multimedia Specialist $64,199 21
Information Technology Assistant $60,483 22
Computer Lab Technician $58,156 23
Multimedia Technician $52,766 24
Audiovisual Laboratory Assistant $48,785 25
(57) ASMSA Director 1 $168,078 26
(58) ASMSA Dean of Academic Affairs 1 $147,807 27
(59) ASMSA Director of Finance 1 $144,082 28
(60) ASMSA Director of Human Resources 1 $136,980 29
(61) ASMSA Dean of Students 1 $136,921 30
(62) ASMSA Dir. of Institutional Adv. 1 $117,086 31
(63) ASMSA Associate Dean 3 $113,958 32
(64) ASMSA Dir. of Adm. & Public Aff. 1 $111,167 33
(65) ASMSA Comp. Science Edu. Specialist 2 $109,557 34
(66) ASMSA Teacher 41 $108,260 35
(67) ASMSA Asst. Dean for Student Well. 1 $101,439 36
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(68) ASMSA Librarian 1 $90,224 1
(69) ASMSA Coordinator for Scholar Dev. 1 $85,468 2
(70) ASMSA Mental Health Professional 2 $83,779 3
(71) ASMSA Asst. Dean for Res. Life 1 $79,770 4
(72) ASMSA Facility Manager 1 $77,459 5
(73) ASMSA Student Success Coordinator 3 $77,335 6
(74) ASMSA Asst. Director of Finance 1 $74,551 7
(75) ASMSA Residential Experience Coord. 7 $68,375 8
(76) ASMSA Public Information Specialist 1 $64,446 9
(77) ASMSA Administrative Assistant 2 $57,886 10
(78) ASMSA Teacher - Part Time 5 $57,840 11
(79) ASMSA Registrar 1 $57,286 12
(80) ASMSA Admissions Specialist 3 $57,286 13
(81) ASMSA Residential Mentor 4 $51,281 14
(82) ASMSA Secretary 2 $49,261 15
(83) ASMSA Maintenance Supervisor 1 $47,365 16
(84) ASMSA Purchasing/Travel Coordinator 1 $47,216 17
(85) ASMSA Accounting Clerk 1 $41,003 18
(86) ASMSA Maintenance Worker 8 $37,275 19
UA GRANTHAM 20
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 21
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 22
(87) Chancellor 1 $299,358 23
(88) Vice Chancellor 5 $258,133 24
(89) Vice Chan. for Enrollment Mgmt. 1 $219,372 25
(90) IT Pool 13 26
Network Engineer $207,404 27
Information Systems Manager $133,122 28
Computer Network Coordinator $132,901 29
Technical Support Staff $126,956 30
Coordinator, Academic Computing $125,461 31
Coord., Administrative Computing $125,461 32
Coordinator of Information Tech $123,806 33
Website Developer/Programmer $123,806 34
System Programmer/Web Developer $122,387 35
Computer Systems Mgr. $112,475 36
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Database Administrator $110,019 1
Systems Administrator $108,925 2
Information Systems Security Spec. $106,894 3
Institution Information Tech. Coord $104,736 4
Assistant Database Administrator $100,790 5
Computer Support Manager $100,708 6
Information Systems Coordinator $100,708 7
Senior Software Support Specialist $100,708 8
Systems Specialist $100,708 9
Information Technology Manager $99,493 10
Network Support Specialist $96,834 11
Senior Software Support Analyst $96,834 12
Tech Support/Systems Admin. $95,330 13
Tech Support/Applications Support $95,330 14
Information Systems Business Mgr. $93,110 15
Security Analyst $93,110 16
Systems Analyst $93,110 17
Information Technology Specialist $91,166 18
Computer Support Coordinator $89,529 19
Software Support Analyst $89,529 20
Systems Applications Supervisor $89,529 21
Computer Operations Coordinator $86,085 22
Systems Coordination Analyst $86,085 23
PC Support Specialist $84,480 24
Computer Support Specialist $82,775 25
Database Analyst $82,775 26
Digital Broadcast Specialist $79,590 27
Network Support Analyst $79,590 28
Website Developer $79,590 29
Information Systems Analyst $76,530 30
Info Systems Security Analyst $76,530 31
Computer Support Analyst $76,530 32
Software Support Specialist $73,587 33
Telecommunications Supervisor $73,587 34
Media Specialist $72,215 35
Computer Support Technician $70,756 36
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Help Desk Specialist $70,756 1
Computer Operator $68,035 2
Network Analyst $68,035 3
Telecommunications Specialist $68,035 4
Multimedia Specialist $64,199 5
Information Technology Assistant $60,483 6
Computer Lab Technician $58,156 7
Multimedia Technician $52,766 8
Audiovisual Laboratory Assistant $48,785 9
(91) Dir. of Management Info. Systems 1 $194,858 10
(92) Dean 2 $179,480 11
(93) Project/Program Administrator 28 12
Executive Project/Program Director $213,928 13
Exec. Project/Program Manager $186,892 14
Sr. Project/Program Director $172,738 15
Project/Program Director $140,094 16
Project/Program Manager $126,956 17
Executive Assistant $118,680 18
Project/Program Specialist $109,536 19
(94) Director of Computer Services 1 $150,231 20
(95) Controller 1 $149,817 21
(96) Associate Dir. of Computing Serv. 1 $149,190 22
(97) Director of University Relations 1 $147,460 23
(98) Associate Vice Chancellor 2 $146,541 24
(99) Associate Controller 1 $142,739 25
(100) Assoc. Director Information Tech 2 $138,633 26
(101) Director of Enrollment Services 1 $126,161 27
(102) Director of Admissions 1 $115,020 28
(103) Institutional Research Coordinator 1 $114,925 29
(104) Associate Director of Admissions 2 $111,576 30
(105) Coordinator of Career Services 1 $107,799 31
(106) Director of Academic Advising 1 $107,799 32
(107) Instructional Designer 3 $105,986 33
(108) Student Development Specialist 2 $103,875 34
(109) Associate Director 1 $103,644 35
(110) Director of Student Accounts 1 $98,463 36
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(111) Assistant Director 2 $97,548 1
(112) Academic Counselor 10 $97,361 2
(113) Learning Center Coordinator 1 $96,409 3
(114) Fiscal Support Pool 2 4
Fiscal Support Manager $95,029 5
Fiscal Support Supervisor $78,106 6
Accountant II $75,103 7
Accountant I $72,215 8
Fiscal Support Analyst $69,437 9
Fiscal Support Specialist $61,729 10
Accounting Technician $57,071 11
Fiscal Support Technician $52,766 12
(115) Associate Registrar 2 $91,374 13
(116) Coord. of Info. & Comm. Relations 1 $89,629 14
(117) Coordinator of Admissions 7 $89,629 15
(118) Assessment Coordinator 3 $89,629 16
(119) Payroll Services Coordinator 1 $81,232 17
(120) Academic Advisor 20 $79,654 18
(121) Admissions Counselor 18 $79,654 19
(122) Sr. Graphic Designer 1 $79,257 20
(123) Academic Compliance Officer 1 $76,127 21
(124) Asst. Dir. Financial Aid 1 $75,103 22
(125) HEI Program Coordinator 1 $72,215 23
(126) Public Information Specialist 2 $72,215 24
(127) Assistant Registrar 5 $69,437 25
(128) Financial Aid Analyst 1 $69,437 26
(129) Institution Human Resources Coord. 1 $69,437 27
(130) Student Accounts Officer 7 $69,437 28
(131) Financial Aid Specialist 7 $64,199 29
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 30
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 31
(132) Faculty 38 32
Professor $158,071 33
Assoc. Professor $140,094 34
Asst. Professor $129,312 35
Instructor $107,729 36
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(133) Department Chairperson 4 $150,880 1
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 598 2
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SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP - SYSTEM AND VARIOUS DIVISIONS. There is hereby 4
authorized, for the University of Arkansas - System and Various Divisions for 5
the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum number of part-time or 6
temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds 7
appropriated herein for such purposes: fifty (50) temporary or part-time 8
employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the 9
Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act 10
for the appropriate classification. 11
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SECTION 3. EXTRA HELP - ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR MATHEMATICS, SCIENCES, AND 13
THE ARTS. There is hereby authorized, for the University of Arkansas - 14
Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts for the 2026-2027 15
fiscal year, the following maximum number of part-time or temporary 16
employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated 17
herein for such purposes: ten (10) temporary or part-time employees, when 18
needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform 19
Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the 20
appropriate classification. 21
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SECTION 4. EXTRA HELP - UA GRANTHAM. There is hereby authorized, for 23
the University of Arkansas Grantham for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the 24
following maximum number of part-time or temporary employees, to be known as 25
"Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: two 26
hundred fifty (250) temporary or part-time employees, when needed, at rates 27
of pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform Classification and 28
Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the appropriate 29
classification. 30
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SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - STATE OPERATIONS - SYSTEM AND VARIOUS 32
DIVISIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the University of Arkansas, to 33
be payable from the University of Arkansas Fund, for personal services and 34
operating expenses of the University of Arkansas - System and Various 35
Divisions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 36
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 2
NO. 2026-2027 3
(01) REGULAR SALARIES 11,812,906 4
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 3,212,425 5
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 6
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 865,089 7
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 8
(C) PROF. FEES 0 9
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 800,545 10
(E) DATA PROC. 0 11
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $16,690,965 12
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SECTION 6. ALLOCATIONS. There is hereby allocated, to the various 14
programs of the University of Arkansas, as set out herein, the following 15
amounts of the funds appropriated in the State Operations - System and 16
Various Divisions appropriation section hereof, to the University of Arkansas 17
- System and Various Divisions, there to be used as provided by law, for the 18
fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 19
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MAXIMUM ALLOCATION 21
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 22
NO. 2026-2027 23
(1) SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION $5,541,590 24
(2) ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY 5,221,618 25
(3) CLINTON SCHOOL 2,416,350 26
(4) CRIMINAL JUSTICE INSTITUTE 3,511,407 27
TOTAL AMOUNT ALLOCATED $16,690,965 28
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SECTION 7. APPROPRIATION - CASH FUNDS - SYSTEM AND VARIOUS DIVISIONS. 30
There is hereby appropriated, to the University of Arkansas, to be payable 31
from cash funds as defined by Arkansas Code 19-4-801, for personal services 32
and operating expenses of the University of Arkansas - System and Various 33
Divisions 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) REGULAR SALARIES $17,000,000 2
(02) EXTRA HELP 1,250,000 3
(03) OVERTIME 25,000 4
(04) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 4,500,000 5
(05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 6
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 20,500,000 7
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 1,200,000 8
(C) PROF. FEES 22,687,520 9
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 1,500,000 10
(E) DATA PROC. 0 11
(06) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 2,500,000 12
(07) DEBT SERVICE 4,600,000 13
(08) FUND TRANSFERS, REFUNDS AND 14
INVESTMENTS 25,000 15
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $75,787,520 16
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SECTION 8. APPROPRIATION - STATE OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR 18
MATHEMATICS, SCIENCES, AND THE ARTS. There is hereby appropriated, to the 19
University of Arkansas, to be payable from the School for Math, Sciences, and 20
Arts Fund, for personal services and operating expenses of the University of 21
Arkansas - Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts for the 22
fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 23
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 25
NO. 2026-2027 26
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $6,000,000 27
(02) EXTRA HELP 40,000 28
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 1,600,000 29
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 30
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 5,750,000 31
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 450,000 32
(C) PROF. FEES 500,000 33
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 800,000 34
(E) DATA PROC. 0 35
(05) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 4,224,710 36
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(06) LOANS/REIMBURSEMENT 150,000 1
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $19,514,710 2
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SECTION 9. APPROPRIATION - CASH FUNDS - ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR 4
MATHEMATICS, SCIENCES, AND THE ARTS. There is hereby appropriated, to the 5
University of Arkansas, to be payable from cash funds as defined by Arkansas 6
Code 19-4-801, for personal services and operating expenses of the University 7
of Arkansas - Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts for the 8
fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 9
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 11
NO. 2026-2027 12
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $900,000 13
(02) EXTRA HELP 30,000 14
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 250,000 15
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 16
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 1,740,000 17
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 200,000 18
(C) PROF. FEES 500,000 19
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 4,000,000 20
(E) DATA PROC. 0 21
(05) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 14,000,000 22
(06) DEBT SERVICE 260,000 23
(07) PROMOTIONAL ITEMS 35,000 24
(08) LOANS/REIMBURSEMENT 300,000 25
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $22,215,000 26
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SECTION 10. APPROPRIATION - STATE OPERATIONS - CRIMINAL JUSTICE 28
INSTITUTE. There is hereby appropriated, to the University of Arkansas, to 29
be payable from the University of Arkansas Fund, for education and training 30
to assist the criminal justice community in addressing illicit drug 31
activities in the State, of the University of Arkansas - Criminal Justice 32
Institute for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 33
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(01) ILLICIT DRUG EDUCATION AND TRAINING $150,000 1
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SECTION 11. APPROPRIATION - STATE OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS RESEARCH AND 3
EDUCATION OPTICAL NETWORK. There is hereby appropriated, to the University 4
of Arkansas, to be payable from the University of Arkansas Fund, for 5
operations of the University of Arkansas - Arkansas Research and Education 6
Optical Network for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 7
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 9
NO. 2026-2027 10
(01) ARKANSAS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION 11
OPTICAL NETWORK OPERATIONS $2,100,000 12
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SECTION 12. APPROPRIATION - CASH FUNDS - ARKANSAS RESEARCH AND 14
EDUCATION OPTICAL NETWORK. There is hereby appropriated, to the University 15
of Arkansas, to be payable from cash funds as defined by Arkansas Code 19-4-16
801, for personal services and operating expenses of the University of 17
Arkansas - Arkansas Research and Education Optical Network for the fiscal 18
year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 19
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 21
NO. 2026-2027 22
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $2,000,000 23
(02) EXTRA HELP 25,000 24
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 580,000 25
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 26
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 5,000,000 27
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 100,000 28
(C) PROF. FEES 650,000 29
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 5,000,000 30
(E) DATA PROC. 0 31
(05) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 18,645,000 32
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $32,000,000 33
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SECTION 13. APPROPRIATION - CASH FUNDS - UA GRANTHAM. There is hereby 35
appropriated, to the University of Arkansas, to be payable from cash funds as 36
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defined by Arkansas Code 19-4-801, for personal services and operating 1
expenses of the University of Arkansas Grantham for the fiscal year ending 2
June 30, 2027, the following: 3
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 5
NO. 2026-2027 6
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $10,200,000 7
(02) EXTRA HELP 3,400,000 8
(03) OVERTIME 100,000 9
(04) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 3,800,000 10
(05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 11
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 5,800,000 12
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 100,000 13
(C) PROF. FEES 5,500,000 14
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 400,000 15
(E) DATA PROC. 0 16
(06) DEBT SERVICE 2,000,000 17
(07) FUND TRANSFERS, REFUNDS AND 18
INVESTMENTS 200,000 19
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $31,500,000 20
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SECTION 14. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 22
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. CRIMINAL 23
JUSTICE INSTITUTE TRANSFER PROVISION. Immediately upon the effective date of 24
this Act the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, Treasurer of State and 25
Auditor of the State shall transfer on their books the sum of one hundred 26
fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) from the Special State Assets Forfeiture 27
Fund to the University of Arkansas Fund for allocation to the Criminal 28
Justice Institute for education and training to assist the criminal justice 29
community in addressing the illicit drug activities in the State. 30
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2025 31
2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 32
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SECTION 15. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 34
authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 35
and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 36
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the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 1
Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 2
Procedures and Restrictions Act, the Higher Education Expenditure Restriction 3
Act, or their successors, and other fiscal control laws of this State, where 4
applicable, and regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and 5
Administration, as authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in 6
disbursement of said funds. 7
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SECTION 16. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 9
Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 10
contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 11
which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 12
Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 13
manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 14
summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 15
Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 16
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SECTION 17. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 18
General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 19
the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 20
effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2026 is essential to the operation of 21
the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 22
the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 23
effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2026 could work irreparable harm 24
upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 25
programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 26
being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 27
and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2026. 28
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