SB62 Summary

• Establishes maximum of 870 regular employees for University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff for fiscal year 2016-2017, with detailed salary schedules for administrative, classified, and academic positions.

• Authorizes up to 924 part-time or temporary "Extra Help" employees at rates not exceeding those in the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act.

• Appropriates $29,603,519 from state operations funds for personal services, operating expenses, maintenance, professional fees, and funded depreciation.

• Appropriates $124,849,086 from cash funds for regular salaries, extra help, capital improvements, debt service, and other operational expenses.

• Includes special language provisions for biomedical research scientist compensation, Jenkins Center support ($252,558), 1890 program matching funds, athletic director allowances (up to $10,000 annually), and aquaculture program quarterly reporting requirements.