Senate Bill 58 Summary

• Establishes maximum of 914 regular employees and 924 part-time/temporary employees for University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff for fiscal year 2014-2015, with detailed salary schedules for administrative, classified, and academic positions.

• Appropriates $29,148,700 from state operations fund for personal services, extra help, matching funds, maintenance and operations, and funded depreciation.

• Appropriates $120,001,044 from cash funds for salaries, extra help, personal services matching, operations, capital improvements, debt service, and fund transfers.

• Authorizes special salary allowances up to 1.5 times the Distinguished Professor maximum for scientists conducting research at the Biomedical Research Center, subject to legislative council review.

• Allocates $252,558 to support the Jenkins Center in Pine Bluff for conducting University training programs in cooperation with that facility.