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ArkansasSB642025 Regular SessionSenate

AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION DIVISION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.

Sponsored By: Joint Budget Committee

Enacted

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Funding for Arkansas educational television

The law provides about $18.11 million for Arkansas educational television from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. State operations receive $7.02 million from the Educational Television Fund Account for staff and operating costs. Cash operations receive $11.10 million from a state treasury cash fund determined by the state's chief fiscal officer. Cash funding covers staff and operations, including $1.50 million for equipment and other capital purchases and $600,000 for professional fees. It also includes $56,450 for travel, $40,000 for grants and aid, $5,000 for resale goods, and $60,000 for promotional items. The law caps regular staff at 93 and allows five extra-help workers for state operations and 46 for cash operations. Extra-help pay must follow state pay limits; project-related positions are exempt from work-hour limits. Spending must follow state purchasing, budget, salary, and other financial rules and the purposes stated in budget documents. This funding supports educational television services, rather than direct payments to households.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Joint Budget Committee

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 399 • No: 97

House vote • 4/7/2025

House Vote - Monday, April 7, 2025 2:27:02 PM

Yes: 76 • No: 17 • Other: 1

House vote • 4/3/2025

House Vote - Thursday, April 3, 2025 4:19:35 PM

Yes: 73 • No: 17 • Other: 3

House vote • 4/2/2025

House Vote - Wednesday, April 2, 2025 3:55:33 PM

Yes: 74 • No: 16 • Other: 3

House vote • 4/1/2025

House Vote - Tuesday, April 1, 2025 4:05:19 PM

Yes: 74 • No: 18 • Other: 2

House vote • 3/12/2025

House Vote - Wednesday, March 12, 2025 2:40:32 PM

Yes: 67 • No: 29 • Other: 2

Senate vote • 3/10/2025

Senate Vote - Monday, March 10, 2025 3:10:06 PM

Yes: 35 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Notification that SB64 is now Act 532

    4/10/2025Senate

  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.

    4/8/2025Senate

  3. Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.

    4/8/2025Senate

  4. ORDERED ENROLLED

    4/7/2025Senate

  5. Returned from the House as passed.

    4/7/2025Senate

  6. Returned to the Senate as passed.

    4/7/2025House

  7. EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED

    4/7/2025House

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

    4/7/2025House

  9. Read the third time and failed.

    4/3/2025House

  10. Read the third time and failed.

    4/2/2025House

  11. Read the third time and failed.

    4/1/2025House

  12. Read the third time and failed.

    3/12/2025House

  13. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR.

    3/10/2025House

  14. RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE

    3/10/2025House

  15. Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.

    3/10/2025Senate

  16. EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED

    3/10/2025Senate

  17. Read the third time and passed.

    3/10/2025Senate

  18. Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass

    3/6/2025Senate

  19. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

    1/15/2025Senate

  20. Filed

    1/15/2025Senate

Bill Text

  • SB64 - Introduced

    1/15/2025

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  • Act Version

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