SB 64 Summary

• Appropriates $3,233,266,080 to the Department of Education's Division of Elementary and Secondary Education for grants and aid to local school districts and special programs for fiscal year 2022-2023.

• Establishes 48 maximum employees for the Arkansas Public School Computer Network with $29,296,789 in appropriations for salaries and operating expenses.

• Appropriates $1,357,561 for the Office of Education Renewal Zones and $60,000,000 for Educator Compensation Reform to assist school districts in meeting minimum teacher salary requirements.

• Includes provisions protecting funding allocations for programs including the Better Chance Program, R.I.S.E. Arkansas, EAST Initiative, and Enhanced Student Achievement Funding for national school lunch students.

• Amends Arkansas Code to delay school year start dates to no earlier than the Monday two weeks before Labor Day beginning with the 2023-2024 school year; effective July 1, 2022.