HB1339 Summary

• Reappropriates unused capital improvement funds from Act 7 of 2012 for various Department of Education programs and facilities, effective July 1, 2013.

• Allocates $28,383 for school recognition awards, $60,000 for community organization grants, and $31,250 for after-school and nutrition services.

• Reappropriates $35,934 for a School Bus Safety Equipment Grant Pilot Program and provides $500,000 each for maintenance and improvements at the Arkansas School for the Blind and Arkansas School for the Deaf.

• Allocates $557,524 in state funds and $823,200 in federal funds for replacement of the electrical system at the Arkansas School for the Deaf.

• Provides $1,000,000 for Educational Television Division facility maintenance and $260,000 for documenting stories of Arkansas' World War II Veterans, with additional federal funding for network maintenance and equipment repairs.