An Act For The Arkansas State University - Beebe Appropriation For The 2025-2026 Fiscal Year.
SB112 is the annual appropriation act for Arkansas State University–Beebe for fiscal year 2025-2026. It authorizes funding for the university’s personal services and operating expenses, including regular salaries, extra help, matching funds, maintenance and general operations, funded depreciation, contingency funding, and a separate cash-funds budget. The bill also sets the maximum number of authorized positions and salary ranges for a wide array of administrative, academic, technical, public safety, and support roles at the institution.
The measure is primarily a budget and staffing authorization bill rather than a policy change bill. It establishes the spending authority for ASU–Beebe from state and cash-fund sources, totaling $15,169,817 in state operations appropriations and $38,158,145 in cash-fund appropriations, and it includes an emergency clause so it takes effect July 1, 2025. The act also requires compliance with state fiscal, procurement, and higher-education spending laws, and ties expenditures to legislative and agency budget materials.
SB112 amends no substantive program law; instead, it provides the legal authority for Arkansas State University–Beebe to spend public funds during the 2025-2026 fiscal year. It affects the university, its employees, and vendors by setting salary caps, staffing limits, and spending categories, and it directs how state and cash funds may be used under Arkansas fiscal control laws and higher education expenditure restrictions.
The bill appears to have been noncontroversial and strongly supported. The recorded votes were unanimous in both chambers, with 32-0 in the Senate and 95-0 in the House on third reading. There is no committee transcript indicating debate or opposition, which suggests broad agreement that the appropriation was routine and necessary for the university’s operations.
No notable points of contention are reflected in the available record. Because this is a standard annual appropriation bill, any discussion would likely have focused on budget levels, staffing authorizations, or compliance with fiscal rules, but no objections, amendments, or disputed issues are shown in the provided materials. The emergency clause is a common feature of appropriation acts and does not appear to have generated disagreement.