SB60 Summary

• Appropriates $8.3 billion to the Arkansas Department of Education for fiscal year 2024-2025, including $6.1 billion for regular salaries and $2.0 billion for personal services matching.

• Establishes 86 maximum regular employees for Shared Services and 302 maximum regular employees for the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education - State Operations.

• Authorizes $1.28 billion in federal elementary and secondary education appropriations, $428.5 million for child nutrition programs, and $23.1 million for revolving loan certificates to school districts and charter schools.

• Appropriates $50 million for School Safety Grants and $97.5 million for Educational Freedom Accounts for eligible students.

• Provides $25 million for after school and summer program grants and allows carry-forward of unexpended Division of Elementary and Secondary Education Fund Account balances to the following fiscal year.