HB1080 Summary

• Appropriates $7,085,686 in state operations funding for Arkansas School for the Blind, including $4,010,224 for regular salaries, $1,425,078 for personal services matching, and operating expenses for fiscal year 2022-2023

• Appropriates $10,980,915 in state operations funding for Arkansas School for the Deaf, including $6,562,217 for regular salaries, $2,445,395 for personal services matching, and operating expenses for fiscal year 2022-2023

• Authorizes additional federal and cash operations funding: $1,045,846 federal and $474,508 cash for the Blind School; $975,000 federal and $315,000 cash for the Deaf School

• Establishes maximum 98 regular employees for School for the Blind and 150 for School for the Deaf, with authority to hire up to 17 and 55 temporary/part-time employees respectively

• Appropriates $15,000,000 from the Development and Enhancement Fund for capital improvements at both schools and $223,024 for braille and large print textbooks