HB1094 Summary

• Appropriates $81,605,322 from the Department of Workforce Services Trust Fund for personal services and operating expenses for fiscal year 2014-2015, including $36,251,490 in regular salaries and $3,300,000 in extra help funding.

• Establishes maximum of 978 regular employees across 93 position classifications, with DWS Director salary set at $145,729 and various assistant director and administrative positions at specified grade levels.

• Appropriates $867,000,000 from cash funds for unemployment benefit payments including $600,000,000 for taxable employers, $175,000,000 for federal employees, and $30,000,000 for reimbursable employers.

• Provides additional appropriations totaling approximately $1,158,826,389 for Workforce Investment Act payments ($60,000,000), Reed Act Funds ($38,500,000), TANF Block Grant programs ($40,000,000), and various trust funds.

• Authorizes transfer of $2,500,000 from the Training Trust Fund to the Arkansas Economic Development Commission and permits up to $3,640,650 in annual transfers to Department of Human Services for TANF programs with Legislative Council approval.