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Read. Follow. Verify.Arkansas appropriates $111 million for Northwest Arkansas Community College operations and salaries for fiscal year 2027
Last action · April 27, 2026: Notification that HB1065 is now Act 102
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What This Bill Does
Arkansas enacts House Bill 1065 to provide $110,778,752 in total appropriations for Northwest Arkansas Community College across state funds, , and child protection training for the ending June 30, 2027. The legislation establishes a maximum limit of 1,137 regular employees and 360 extra-help positions, setting specific salary rate caps for administrative, faculty, and support staff roles.
The measure sets the official staffing limits and spending caps for Northwest Arkansas Community College for 2027, controlling how public funds and institutional cash revenues can be distributed across employee salaries, capital improvements, debt service, and operating expenses starting July 1, 2026.
- State appropriations acts for institutions of higher education in Arkansas are enacted annually during fiscal legislative sessions to authorize spending limits and position caps. context
Who It Affects
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Northwest Arkansas Community College employees
Maximum salary rates and position limits are established for all regular and extra-help employees for the 2026-2027 fiscal year.
Northwest Arkansas Community College students
College operations, academic programs, and instructional services are funded through the appropriated state and cash budgets.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
19 actions- Apr 27, 2026HouseEnrolledNotification that HB1065 is now Act 102
- Apr 23, 2026HouseCorrectly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- Apr 23, 2026HouseTO BE ENROLLED
- Apr 23, 2026HouseReturned from the Senate as passed.
- Apr 23, 2026SenateReturned to the House as Passed.
- Apr 23, 2026SenateEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
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- Apr 23, 2026SenateFloorRead the third time and passed.
- Apr 22, 2026SenateIntroducedRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar.
- Apr 22, 2026SenateReceived from the House.
- Apr 22, 2026HouseEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- Apr 22, 2026HouseFloorRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
- Apr 22, 2026HouseConsidered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
- Apr 22, 2026HouseRULES SUSPENDED
- Apr 21, 2026HouseCommitteeReturned by the Committee Do Pass
- Apr 15, 2026HouseREPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- Apr 15, 2026HouseCommitteeAmendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
- Apr 15, 2026HousePlaced on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- Apr 8, 2026HouseIntroducedRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
- Apr 1, 2026HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Dual Funding Structure
The institution relies heavily on self-generated cash funds ($96.5 million) compared to direct state fund appropriations ($14.2 million).
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- Controversy5Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment1Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
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