AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE AT MORRILTON APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR.
SB25 is an annual appropriation bill for the University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton for fiscal year 2026-2027. It establishes the maximum number of authorized positions, lists salary ranges for a wide range of administrative, academic, technical, public safety, maintenance, and student support roles, and authorizes up to 110 extra-help temporary or part-time employees. The bill also sets the college’s operating and personnel funding levels for the year, including state operations appropriations and a separate cash-funds appropriation.
The measure provides $7,047,112 in state-operations funding and $29,000,000 in cash-funds authority, with line items for regular salaries, matching costs, operating expenses, capital outlay, capital improvements, debt service, and other expenses. It also includes standard provisions requiring compliance with state procurement, budgeting, salary, and higher-education expenditure laws, and contains an emergency clause making it effective July 1, 2026 so the college can continue operating without interruption.
SB25 does not create new substantive policy; it amends state fiscal law by appropriating funds and authorizing staffing for a specific public higher-education institution. Its effect is to set spending authority, salary ceilings, and employee caps for the University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, while tying expenditures to existing state fiscal-control statutes and higher-education compensation rules. The bill also authorizes use of both state funds and cash funds for operations, personnel, capital projects, and debt service.
The available record suggests the bill was routine and broadly noncontroversial. There are no committee transcript excerpts or recorded votes indicating debate, opposition, or amendments, and the bill’s progression to Act 9 suggests it moved through the process as a standard budget measure. The emergency clause and annual appropriation structure indicate legislative support for ensuring uninterrupted funding for the college.
No specific points of contention are documented in the provided materials. Because there are no committee transcripts or vote details, there is no evidence of disagreement over funding levels, staffing caps, salary ranges, capital spending, or the use of cash funds. Any potential concerns would likely have centered on budget size, personnel authorization, or capital and debt-service allocations, but none are reflected in the record provided.