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1 State of Arkansas Call Item 2
2 93rd General Assembly A Bill
3 Third Extraordinary Session, 2022 SENATE BILL 3
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5 By: Senators K. Ingram, L. Chesterfield, Elliott, G. Leding, Teague, C. Tucker
6 By: Representatives McCullough, F. Allen, Breaux, Clowney, A. Collins, Deffenbaugh, Ennett, D.
7 Ferguson, K. Ferguson, Fielding, V. Flowers, D. Garner, Gazaway, Godfrey, M. Hodges, Hudson, Love,
8 Magie, Murdock, Nicks, Perry, Richardson, Scott, Springer, Tollett, D. Whitaker, Womack
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10 For An Act To Be Entitled
11 AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE TEACHER PAY
12 SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
13 EDUCATION - DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY
14 EDUCATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2023;
15 TO CREATE THE RAISING ARKANSAS'S INVESTMENT IN
16 SCHOOLS AND EDUCATORS (RAISE) ACT; AND FOR OTHER
17 PURPOSES.
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20 Subtitle
21 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION -
22 DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY
23 EDUCATION - TEACHER PAY SUSTAINABILITY
24 PROGRAM APPROPRIATION - THE RAISE ACT -
25 FOR THE 2022-2023 FISCAL YEAR.
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28 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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30 SECTION 1. DO NOT CODIFY. This act shall be known and may be cited as
31 the "Raising Arkansas's Investment in Schools and Educators (RAISE) Act".
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33 SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION - TEACHER PAY SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM. There
34 is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Education - Division of
35 Elementary and Secondary Education, to be payable from the Division of
36 Elementary and Secondary Education Public School Fund Account for the Teacher
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1 Pay Sustainability Program for providing additional funding to public school
2 districts in order to provide an immediate raise for teachers as defined by
3 Arkansas Code 6-17-2402 and to assist public school districts in meeting
4 the minimum salary schedule established by Arkansas Code 6-17-2403 and
5 amended by this act for teachers as defined by Arkansas Code 6-17-2402 by
6 the Department of Education - Division of Elementary and Secondary Education
7 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the following:
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9 ITEM FISCAL YEAR
10 NO. 2022-2023
11 (01) TEACHER PAY SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM $600,000,000
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13 SECTION 3. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS
14 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. FUNDING
15 TRANSFER. Immediately upon the effective date of this act the Chief Fiscal
16 Officer of the State shall transfer on his or her books and those of the
17 State Treasurer and the Auditor of State, a sum of six hundred million
18 dollars ($600,000,000) from the General Revenue Allotment Reserve Fund to a
19 new Teacher Pay Sustainability sub-fund in the Educational Adequacy Fund,
20 there to be used specifically for the purpose of distributing grants and aid
21 to local public school districts by the Department of Education for the
22 Teacher Pay Sustainability Program.
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24 SECTION 4. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS
25 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TEACHER
26 PAY SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM. Upon the effective date of this act, and as
27 needed from time to time thereafter as determined by the Department of
28 Education, the Arkansas State Treasurer shall transfer funds from the
29 Educational Adequacy Fund - Teacher Pay Sustainability sub-fund to the
30 Division of Elementary and Secondary Education Public School Fund Account to
31 be used solely for the implementation of the Teacher Pay Sustainability
32 Program. Funds in the Teacher Pay Sustainability sub-fund shall be kept
33 separate from all other monies in the Educational Adequacy Fund and shall be
34 utilized by the Department of Education to provide grants and aid to assist
35 public school districts in ensuring that all teachers as defined by Arkansas
36 Code 6-17-2402 receive an immediate $4,000 raise in pay and that those
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1 teachers as defined by Arkansas Code 6-17-2402 receive at least a minimum
2 annual salary of $42,000 as established by Arkansas Code 6-17-2403 and
3 amended in this act. The Teacher Pay Sustainability sub-fund shall not be
4 considered part of a public school district's net legal balance or net legal
5 balance revenues as those terms are defined in Arkansas Code 6-20-2210 for
6 the purpose of meeting the requirements on limitation of fund balances
7 pursuant to Arkansas Code 6-20-2210. The Arkansas Department of Education
8 shall promulgate rules to administer this section.
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10 SECTION 5. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. CODE AMENDMENT. Arkansas Code 6-17-
11 2402(3), concerning the definition of "teacher" under the Teacher
12 Compensation Program of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
13 (3) Teacher means:
14 (A) An individual who is required to hold a teaching
15 license from the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and who is
16 engaged directly in instruction with students in a classroom setting for more
17 than seventy percent (70%) of the individual's contracted time;
18 (B) A guidance counselor; or
19 (C) A librarian;
20 (D) A curriculum specialist;
21 (E) An instructional facilitator; or
22 (F) Any other full-time employee of a public school
23 district who is not in an administrator or director-level
24 role and who is required to hold a teaching license issued
25 by the State Board of Education as a condition of
26 employment.
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28 SECTION 6. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. CODE AMENDMENT. Arkansas Code 6-17-
29 2403(b), concerning the minimum teacher compensation schedule, is amended to
30 read as follows:
31 (1) For the 2019-2020 school year:
32 Years of Experience BA Degree Salary MA Degree Salary
33 0 $32,800 $37,450
34 1 33,250 37,950
35 2 33,700 38,450
36 3 34,150 38,950
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1 4 34,600 39,450
2 5 35,050 39,950
3 6 35,500 40,450
4 7 35,950 40,950
5 8 36,400 41,450
6 9 36,850 41,950
7 10 37,300 42,450
8 11 37,750 42,950
9 12 38,200 43,450
10 13 38,650 43,950
11 14 39,100 44,450
12 15 39,550 44,950;
13 (2) For the 2020-2021 school year:
14 Years of Experience BA Degree Salary MA Degree Salary
15 0 $33,800 $38,450
16 1 34,250 38,950
17 2 34,700 39,450
18 3 35,150 39,950
19 4 35,600 40,450
20 5 36,050 40,950
21 6 36,500 41,450
22 7 36,950 41,950
23 8 37,400 42,450
24 9 37,850 42,950
25 10 38,300 43,450
26 11 38,750 43,950
27 12 39,200 44,450
28 13 39,650 44,950
29 14 40,100 45,450
30 15 40,550 45,950;
31 (3) For the 2021-2022 school year:
32 Years of Experience BA Degree Salary MA Degree Salary
33 0 $34,900 $39,550
34 1 35,350 40,050
35 2 35,800 40,550
36 3 36,250 41,050
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1 4 36,700 41,550
2 5 37,150 42,050
3 6 37,600 42,550
4 7 38,050 43,050
5 8 38,500 43,550
6 9 38,950 44,050
7 10 39,400 44,550
8 11 39,850 45,050
9 12 40,300 45,550
10 13 40,750 46,050
11 14 41,200 46,550
12 15 41,650 47,050; and
13 (4) For the 2022-2023 school year and each school year
14 thereafter:
15 Years of Experience BA Degree Salary MA Degree Salary
16 0 $36,000 $42,000 $40,650 $47,430
17 1 36,450 42,520 41,150 48,010
18 2 36,900 43,050 41,650 48,590
19 3 37,350 43,580 42,150 49,180
20 4 37,800 44,100 42,650 49,760
21 5 38,250 44,620 43,150 50,340
22 6 38,700 45,150 43,650 50,930
23 7 39,150 45,680 44,150 51,510
24 8 39,600 46,200 44,650 52,090
25 9 40,050 46,730 45,150 52,680
26 10 40,500 47,250 45,650 53,260
27 11 40,950 47,780 46,150 53,840
28 12 41,400 48,300 46,650 54,430
29 13 41,850 48,830 47,150 55,010
30 14 42,300 49,350 47,650 55,590
31 15 42,750 49,880 48,150 56,180.
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33 SECTION 7. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds
34 authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency
35 and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and
36 the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and
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1 Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary
2 Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal
3 control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by
4 the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be
5 strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds.
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7 SECTION 8. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General
8 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations
9 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for
10 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive
11 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget
12 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or
13 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative
14 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.
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16 SECTION 9. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General
17 Assembly of the State of Arkansas that the retention of teachers and
18 providing appropriate compensation to them is of the utmost importance to the
19 public peace, health, and safety of the state of Arkansas; that the funds
20 designated to assist public school districts in retaining teachers as defined
21 by Arkansas Code 6-17-2402 should be made available immediately; and that
22 this act is immediately necessary to provide a funding mechanism to provide
23 immediate assistance to public school districts in meeting the minimum salary
24 schedule established by Arkansas Code 6-17-2403 and amended by this act and
25 providing immediate raises to teachers as defined by Arkansas Code 6-17-
26 2402 in public school districts. Therefore, an emergency is declared to
27 exist, and this act being immediately necessary for the preservation of the
28 public peace, health, and safety shall become effective on:
29 (1) The date of its approval by the Governor;
30 (2) If this bill is neither approved nor vetoed by the Governor, the
31 expiration of the period of time during which the Governor may veto the bill;
32 or
33 (3) If the bill is vetoed by the Governor and the veto is overridden,
34 the date the last house overrides the veto.
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Statutes affected:
SB 3: 6-17-2402, 6-17-2403, 6-20-2210