Stricken language will be deleted and underlined language will be added. 1 State of Arkansas 2 94th General Assembly A Bill 3 Regular Session, 2023 SENATE BILL 76 4 5 By: Joint Budget Committee 6 7 For An Act To Be Entitled 8 AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR PERSONAL SERVICES 9 AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF 10 EDUCATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2024; 11 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12 13 14 Subtitle 15 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 16 APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL 17 YEAR. 18 19 20 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 21 22 SECTION 1. REGULAR SALARIES - SHARED SERVICES. There is hereby 23 established for the Department of Education for the 2023-2024 fiscal year, 24 the following maximum number of regular employees. 25 26 Maximum Annual 27 Maximum Salary Rate 28 Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 29 No. Code Title Employees 2023-2024 30 (1) SC004 SECRETARY OF EDUCATION 1 GRADE SE05 31 (2) U089U DHE DEPUTY DIRECTOR 1 GRADE SE02 32 (3) D011N ADE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS 1 GRADE SE01 33 (4) N009N ASST COMMISSIONER FISCAL & ADMIN SVCS 1 GRADE SE01 34 (5) D006N STATE SYSTEMS ARCHITECT 1 GRADE IT10 35 (6) E007N ADE DIRECTOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE 1 GRADE IT09 36 (7) D022N IT SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER 1 GRADE IT09 *KMW020* 01/18/2023 4:07:17 PM KMW020 SB76 1 (8) D006C SOFTWARE ENGINEER LEAD 1 GRADE IT08 2 (9) D030C INFORMATION SYSTEMS COORDINATOR 3 GRADE IT07 3 (10) D028C SENIOR SOFTWARE SUPPORT SPECIALIST 1 GRADE IT07 4 (11) D038C SENIOR SOFTWARE SUPPORT ANALYST 2 GRADE IT06 5 (12) D047C INFORMATION SYSTEMS BUSINESS ANALYST 1 GRADE IT05 6 (13) D061C INFORMATION SYSTEMS COORDINATION SPEC 1 GRADE IT05 7 (14) G001N ADE LITIGATION ATTORNEY 1 GRADE GS15 8 (15) G281C ADE POLICY & SPECIAL PROJECTS DIRECTOR 1 GRADE GS15 9 (16) N002N DHE SENIOR ASSOC DIRECTOR 2 GRADE GS15 10 (17) N069N ADE SPECIAL ADVISOR 1 GRADE GS14 11 (18) E001N ADE COORDINATOR SPECIAL PROGRAMS 1 GRADE GS13 12 (19) G019C GENERAL COUNSEL 1 GRADE GS13 13 (20) G012C ADE ASSISTANT TO DIRECTOR 3 GRADE GS12 14 (21) E076C ADE CAREER EDUCATION DIVISION MANAGER 1 GRADE GS12 15 (22) G025C ATTORNEY SUPERVISOR 1 GRADE GS12 16 (23) A027C ACCOUNTING OPERATIONS MANAGER 2 GRADE GS11 17 (24) N149N ADE COORD FISCAL DISTRESS 1 GRADE GS11 18 (25) A031C ASSISTANT CONTROLLER 1 GRADE GS11 19 (26) G047C ATTORNEY SPECIALIST 2 GRADE GS11 20 (27) E006C PUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAM MANAGER 1 GRADE GS11 21 (28) E061C ACE PROGRAM COORDINATOR 1 GRADE GS10 22 (29) G076C ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES MANAGER 1 GRADE GS10 23 (30) G073C ATTORNEY 1 GRADE GS10 24 (31) E016C PUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAM COORDINATOR 1 GRADE GS10 25 (32) A052C ACCOUNTING COORDINATOR 1 GRADE GS09 26 (33) G074C ADE COORD OF GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS 1 GRADE GS09 27 (34) A032C ADE FINANCE PROGRAM COORDINATOR 1 GRADE GS09 28 (35) A038C FISCAL SUPPORT MANAGER 4 GRADE GS09 29 (36) G109C GRANTS MANAGER 1 GRADE GS09 30 (37) P004C PUBLIC INFORMATION MANAGER 1 GRADE GS09 31 (38) E019C PUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAM ADVISOR 2 GRADE GS09 32 (39) A082C ACCOUNTANT II 2 GRADE GS08 33 (40) G093C OPERATIONS MANAGER 3 GRADE GS08 34 (41) R014C PERSONNEL MANAGER 3 GRADE GS08 35 (42) V007C PROCUREMENT COORDINATOR 1 GRADE GS08 36 (43) A041C PROGRAM FISCAL MANAGER 1 GRADE GS08 2 01/18/2023 4:07:17 PM KMW020 SB76 1 (44) A089C ACCOUNTANT I 1 GRADE GS07 2 (45) R024C ASSISTANT PERSONNEL MANAGER 1 GRADE GS07 3 (46) S008C CAMPUS MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR 2 GRADE GS07 4 (47) C010C EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR 1 GRADE GS07 5 (48) A075C FINANCIAL ANALYST I 1 GRADE GS07 6 (49) G147C GRANTS COORDINATOR 1 GRADE GS07 7 (50) P020C PRODUCTION ARTIST 1 GRADE GS07 8 (51) C037C ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 2 GRADE GS06 9 (52) R025C HUMAN RESOURCES ANALYST 1 GRADE GS06 10 (53) S033C MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR 1 GRADE GS06 11 (54) A091C FISCAL SUPPORT ANALYST 1 GRADE GS05 12 (55) A090C PAYROLL SERVICES SPECIALIST 2 GRADE GS05 13 (56) C056C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST III 2 GRADE GS04 14 (57) A098C FISCAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 2 GRADE GS04 15 (58) R036C HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS04 16 (59) V020C INVENTORY CONTROL MANAGER 1 GRADE GS04 17 (60) C046C LEGAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS04 18 (61) S046C MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN 1 GRADE GS04 19 (62) C073C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST II 1 GRADE GS03 20 MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 84 21 22 SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP - SHARED SERVICES PAYING ACCOUNT. There is 23 hereby authorized, for the Department of Education - Shared Services Paying 24 Account for the 2023-2024 fiscal year, the following maximum number of part- 25 time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds 26 appropriated herein for such purposes: six (6) temporary or part-time 27 employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the 28 Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act 29 for the appropriate classification. 30 31 SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - SHARED SERVICES PAYING ACCOUNT. There is 32 hereby appropriated, to the Department of Education, to be payable from the 33 paying account as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for 34 personal services and operating expenses of the Department of Education - 35 Shared Services for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, the following: 36 3 01/18/2023 4:07:17 PM KMW020 SB76 1 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 2 NO. 2023-2024 3 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $5,806,570 4 (02) EXTRA HELP 80,000 5 (03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 1,900,346 6 (04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 7 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 100,000 8 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 10,000 9 (C) PROF. FEES 0 10 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 11 (E) DATA PROC. 0 12 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $7,896,916 13 14 SECTION 4. REGULAR SALARIES - STATE OPERATIONS. There is hereby 15 established for the Department of Education - Division of Elementary and 16 Secondary Education for the 2023-2024 fiscal year, the following maximum 17 number of regular employees. 18 19 Maximum Annual 20 Maximum Salary Rate 21 Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 22 No. Code Title Employees 2023-2024 23 (1) U033U COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION 1 GRADE SE05 24 (2) U027U DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION 1 GRADE SE03 25 (3) N005N ADE ASST COMMISSIONER LEARNING SERVICES 1 GRADE SE01 26 (4) N006N ADE ASST COMMISSIONER PUB SCH ACCOUNT 1 GRADE SE01 27 (5) N008N ASST COMMISSIONER RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY 1 GRADE SE01 28 (6) N010N ASST COMMR EDUC EFFECTIVENESS 1 GRADE SE01 29 (7) L027C REGISTERED NURSE SUPERVISOR 1 GRADE MP02 30 (8) D104C ADE STATE SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR 4 GRADE IT08 31 (9) D030C INFORMATION SYSTEMS COORDINATOR 1 GRADE IT07 32 (10) D054C COMPUTER SUPPORT COORDINATOR 1 GRADE IT05 33 (11) D047C INFORMATION SYSTEMS BUSINESS ANALYST 2 GRADE IT05 34 (12) D052C SOFTWARE SUPPORT ANALYST 1 GRADE IT05 35 (13) D044C SYSTEMS ANALYST 1 GRADE IT05 36 (14) D064C WEBSITE DEVELOPER 1 GRADE IT04 4 01/18/2023 4:07:17 PM KMW020 SB76 1 (15) D079C COMPUTER SUPPORT TECHNICIAN 1 GRADE IT02 2 (16) E072C DIRECTOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND STEM 1 GRADE GS15 3 (17) N069N ADE SPECIAL ADVISOR 6 GRADE GS14 4 (18) E003N ADE COORD SCH. IMP / STANDARDS ASSUR 1 GRADE GS13 5 (19) E001N ADE COORDINATOR SPECIAL PROGRAMS 3 GRADE GS13 6 (20) A010C AGENCY CONTROLLER II 1 GRADE GS13 7 (21) G012C ADE ASSISTANT TO DIRECTOR 6 GRADE GS12 8 (22) G006C ADE SPECIAL EDUCATION DIVISION MGR 1 GRADE GS12 9 (23) A021C AGENCY CONTROLLER I 1 GRADE GS12 10 (24) E006N ADE COORD COMPUTER SCIENCE 1 GRADE GS11 11 (25) E069C ADE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAID IN SCHOOLS 1 GRADE GS11 12 (26) E006C PUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAM MANAGER 13 GRADE GS11 13 (27) E007C ADE OERZ DIRECTOR 1 GRADE GS10 14 (28) G075C ADE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR 3 GRADE GS10 15 (29) E016C PUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAM COORDINATOR 19 GRADE GS10 16 (30) A052C ACCOUNTING COORDINATOR 5 GRADE GS09 17 (31) A032C ADE FINANCE PROGRAM COORDINATOR 2 GRADE GS09 18 (32) A050C AGENCY FISCAL MANAGER 1 GRADE GS09 19 (33) A038C FISCAL SUPPORT MANAGER 4 GRADE GS09 20 (34) G109C GRANTS MANAGER 2 GRADE GS09 21 (35) P004C PUBLIC INFORMATION MANAGER 3 GRADE GS09 22 (36) E019C PUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAM ADVISOR 102 GRADE GS09 23 (37) E066C DCCECE EDUCATION MANAGER 1 GRADE GS08 24 (38) E026C EDUCATION & INSTRUCTION COORDINATOR 1 GRADE GS08 25 (39) L043C HEALTH PROGRAM SPECIALIST III 1 GRADE GS08 26 (40) L035C NUTRITIONIST CONSULTANT 9 GRADE GS08 27 (41) G093C OPERATIONS MANAGER 1 GRADE GS08 28 (42) A041C PROGRAM FISCAL MANAGER 5 GRADE GS08 29 (43) A089C ACCOUNTANT I 1 GRADE GS07 30 (44) G267C DHS PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY ANALYST 1 GRADE GS07 31 (45) C010C EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR 1 GRADE GS07 32 (46) A063C RESEARCH & STATISTICS SUPERVISOR 1 GRADE GS07 33 (47) C037C ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 12 GRADE GS06 34 (48) M053C CHILD CARE SERVICE SPECIALIST 5 GRADE GS06 35 (49) A074C FISCAL SUPPORT SUPERVISOR 4 GRADE GS06 36 (50) G180C GRANTS ANALYST 2 GRADE GS06 5 01/18/2023 4:07:17 PM KMW020 SB76 1 (51) R025C HUMAN RESOURCES ANALYST 1 GRADE GS06 2 (52) G179C LEGAL SERVICES SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS06 3 (53) G178C POLICY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR 4 GRADE GS06 4 (54) B076C RESEARCH PROJECT ANALYST 1 GRADE GS06 5 (55) C022C BUSINESS OPERATIONS SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS05 6 (56) V014C BUYER 1 GRADE GS05 7 (57) A091C FISCAL SUPPORT ANALYST 3 GRADE GS05 8 (58) D077C HELP DESK SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS05 9 (59) C056C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST III 35 GRADE GS04 10 (60) R036C HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS04 11 (61) C073C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST II 19 GRADE GS03 12 MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 309 13 14 SECTION 5. EXTRA HELP - STATE OPERATIONS. There is hereby authorized, 15 for the Department of Education - Division of Elementary and Secondary 16 Education - State Operations for the 2023-2024 fiscal year, the following 17 maximum number of part-time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra 18 Help", payable from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: eight (8) 19 temporary or part-time employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed 20 those provided in the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its 21 successor, or this act for the appropriate classification. 22 23 SECTION 6. APPROPRIATION - STATE OPERATIONS. There is hereby 24 appropriated, to the Department of Education, to be payable from the Division 25 of Elementary and Secondary Education Fund Account, for personal services and 26 operating expenses of the Department of Education - Division of Elementary 27 and Secondary Education - State Operations for the fiscal year ending June 28 30, 2024, the following: 29 30 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 31 NO. 2023-2024 32 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $13,693,329 33 (02) EXTRA HELP 160,000 34 (03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 4,692,935 35 (04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 36 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 3,411,057 6 01/18/2023 4:07:17 PM KMW020 SB76 1 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 93,161 2 (C) PROF. FEES 100,000 3 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 100,000 4 (E) DATA PROC. 0 5 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $22,250,482 6 7 SECTION 7. APPROPRIATION - FEDERAL GRANTS ADMINISTRATION. There is 8 hereby appropriated, to the Department of Education, to be payable from the 9 federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for 10 personal services and operating expenses of the Department of Education - 11 Division of Elementary and Secondary Education - Federal Grants 12 Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, the following: 13 14 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 15 NO. 2023-2024 16 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $254,677