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ArkansasHB12492025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

AN ACT FOR THE NATIONAL PARK COLLEGE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.

Sponsored By: Joint Budget Committee

Enacted

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

National Park College funding for 2025–2026

For July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, the law authorizes two separate funding streams for National Park College. The National Park College Fund provides $12.046523 million: $8.796704 million for salaries, $1.3 million for staff-related matching costs, and $1.35 million for operations. That stream also includes $573,644 for contingency needs and $26,175 for funded depreciation. A separate cash-fund appropriation provides $21.42 million, using cash funds defined by state law. It includes $2.1 million for salaries, $1 million for temporary staff, and $1.25 million for staff-related matching costs. It also includes $7.02 million for operations, $150,000 for travel, and $400,000 for professional fees. Another $7.3 million covers equipment and other capital costs, while $2.2 million covers debt payments. Spending must follow state purchasing, accounting, budget, salary, revenue, and higher-education spending rules, and the purposes recorded in budget and legislative records. This funding supports the college; it does not provide direct household payments.

National Park College staffing and pay limits

From July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, National Park College may employ up to 380 regular workers. It may also use up to 402 temporary or part-time workers when needed, paid from funds set aside for them. Regular workers’ pay cannot exceed the maximum listed for each job. Examples include $200,973 for an IT Network Engineer and $111,362 for nine-month faculty. Temporary workers’ pay cannot exceed the applicable job rate under the state’s classification and compensation law, its successor, or this law.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Joint Budget Committee

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 131 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/6/2025

Senate Vote - Thursday, February 6, 2025 11:59:42 AM

Yes: 32 • No: 0

House vote • 2/5/2025

House Vote - Wednesday, February 5, 2025 2:03:15 PM

Yes: 99 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Notification that HB1249 is now Act 42

    2/11/2025House

  2. Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.

    2/6/2025House

  3. TO BE ENROLLED

    2/6/2025House

  4. Returned from the Senate as passed.

    2/6/2025House

  5. Returned to the House as Passed.

    2/6/2025Senate

  6. EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED

    2/6/2025Senate

  7. Read the third time and passed.

    2/6/2025Senate

  8. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar.

    2/5/2025Senate

  9. Received from the House.

    2/5/2025Senate

  10. EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED

    2/5/2025House

  11. Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

    2/5/2025House

  12. Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.

    2/5/2025House

  13. RULES SUSPENDED

    2/5/2025House

  14. Returned by the Committee Do Pass

    2/4/2025House

  15. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

    1/27/2025House

  16. Filed

    1/27/2025House

Bill Text

  • HB1249 - Introduced

    1/27/2025

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  • Act Version

    PDF

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