SB270 Summary

• Appropriates $83,822,903 in state operations funding and $189,869,625 in cash funds to the University of Arkansas System and various divisions for fiscal year 2015-2016, for a total of $273,692,528.

• Establishes maximum of 2,278 regular employees across system administration, agricultural experiment station, cooperative extension service, criminal justice institute, archeological survey, Clinton School, and Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and Arts.

• Authorizes 600 part-time or temporary "Extra Help" employees for the University of Arkansas System and 10 additional part-time employees for the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and Arts.

• Appropriates $100,000 for Buffalo River watershed monitoring studies related to swine farming operations, with reports required to legislative committees through fiscal year 2018-2019.

• Transfers $150,000 from the Special State Assets Forfeiture Fund to the Criminal Justice Institute for clandestine methamphetamine education and training; effective July 1, 2015.