HB 1023 Summary

• Establishes maximum of 106 regular full-time employees for Arkansas School for the Blind with specific salary grades for each position, including superintendent at $98,059 and various teaching and support staff positions

• Authorizes 17 temporary or part-time "Extra Help" employees paid at rates not to exceed those in the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act

• Appropriates $7,172,138 from School for the Blind Fund Account for state operations including regular salaries ($3,940,193), personal services matching ($1,395,906), maintenance and general operations ($1,217,604), and special maintenance ($315,000)

• Appropriates $569,422 in federal funds and $424,508 in cash funds for operations, plus $223,024 for Braille and Large Print Textbooks and $450,000 for building demolition and environmental cleanup

• Effective July 1, 2016, with emergency clause declaring immediate effectiveness necessary for agency operations