AR SB35

Establishes 32 regular employees for the Department of Education - Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation, with positions ranging from director to administrative specialist roles.

Appropriates $2,535,088 for operations in fiscal year 2015-2016, including $1,500,694 for regular salaries, $487,423 for personal services matching, $323,321 for operating expenses, $207,500 for safety training, and $13,650 for conferences and travel.

Appropriates $235,011,538 from the Educational Facilities Partnership Fund Account for academic facilities partnership grants ($231,500,000) and academic facilities catastrophic assistance ($3,511,538) to public school districts.

Appropriates $5,000,000 from the Open-Enrollment Public Charter School Facilities Loan Fund for distributing loans to charter schools for facility construction, lease, purchase, repair, and improvement.

Authorizes the Director to request appropriation transfers and budget adjustments with approval from the Chief Fiscal Officer and Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee, limited to no more than two transfer requests per fiscal year.