AR SB67

Appropriates $3,958,998 for Department of Higher Education general operations including 52 regular employees with maximum salaries ranging from $142,006 to $197,363, plus extra help and personal services matching costs

Appropriates $68,511,860 from the Higher Education Grants Fund Account for student assistance grants and scholarships including $28 million for Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarships, $10.75 million for Arkansas Governor's Scholars, and funding for teacher assistance and minority scholarship programs

Appropriates $15,031,501 for TANF Program federal funds including $14.1 million for self-sufficiency and job training grants, plus $5,391,670 for health education grants and loans in dentistry, optometry, veterinary medicine, and other medical fields

Appropriates federal funds totaling $2,111,958 for technical education, improving teacher quality, state scholarship programs, and college access challenge grants

Appropriates $5 million from Higher Education Research Development Fund for research and development program grants, $1.3 million for web-based applications, and $971,129 for scholarship administration, with emergency clause establishing July 1, 2012 effective date