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Right we'll go ahead and call this meeting to order chair sees a quorum. First item of business is to I need a motion to suspend the rules to allow the supplemental agenda motion and a second so noted all in favor aye. To Adam B.. Thank you madam chair in section be the is a these are the very simply appropriation request the first item is a letter from the department corrections it's requesting Peace preparation by ten million and it's been a thirty will allow the department to replace the preparation that was exhausted to purchase CoV related items who cares funding. Next item is a letter from the Department military is for three hundred thousand appropriation and this is to maintain and update National Guard armories around the state this program is supported by general revenues. Next item is another letter from the Department military this is for two million appropriation this is to update outdated buildings in the barracks at fort Chaffee and this program is supported by federal funds. The next item is a letter from the department that earns affairs this is four four thousand an appropriation and this to speak or to allow the department to pay for military funeral honors at veterans funerals the letter knows the frequency of stipends for this activity fluctuates in the program supported by military license fees. Next item is a letter from the administrative office of the courts is for two hundred thousand an appropriation similar to the Department corrections request earlier in this section the court also requests the speed three to replace the preparation that was used for cold expenses. The next item is from the school for the deaf the department of education is for four hundred and seven thousand appropriation and this is to you salary savings to supplement maintenance operations traveling contract categories our staff reach out of school learning this will support summer and after school programs. The next item is from of the office of the governor its request increase preparation by sixty thousand new spending thirty will allow the governor's office to pay for unanticipated legal expenses letter notes that if the increase levels legal spending is expected to continue increases will be included in the next budget request is expenses are supported by the state's it'll Services Fund which takes and adoption all general revenue as special revenues collected. The next item is a letter from department transformation share services it's for seventeen thousand appropriation and this is to support the Arkansas Public Service internship program this phone centers also supported by state central services manager those raw the ETA requests. All right thank you. Please go through these real quick one by one if you have any questions just go ahead and hit your mark and I recognize you Sir any questions on B. one. Two. Three. For. Five. We're doing good six. Seven. B. eight. All right seeing no questions I will accept a motion to yes a motion to approve a motion and a second all in favor say aye. All opposed nay the ayes have it move on to item C.. Thank you ma'am chair reinspection see these are the American rescue plan appropriation increase request according to the cover letter by CFO there are ten request agencies to spin awards made directly to them from a federal office there are no request on the agenda from the R. piece your committee the request require prior approval by A. L. C. the first two questions on page three this is northwest technical institute it's request to spend a hundred and fifty thousand A. R. P. funds and the funds to be used to purchase two trucks and trailers for their commercial driving license class. Next item is on page six it's for north Arkansas college this is a request to reallocate previously awarded appropriation staffer Johnson school learned of the original H. FAQ pricing has come in higher than projections this is due to inflation supply chain issues and so they request transfer of appropriation from lost revenue to capital outlay. The next item is on page eight this is again of Arkansas colleges for two hundred eighteen thousand the funds be used for virtual and online services purchased equipment for allied health and technical programs and for technology upgrades answer recover lost revenue in indirect costs. Next item B. C. four and that's on page ten this is for the division of developmental disabilities at DHS it's for one point eight million and the sons of use for infrastructure provider support and family support of the first connections program that provides early intervention services to infants and toddlers suspected of having a developmental delay next item C. five it is on page. Twelve is this for As You Three Rivers it's request reallocated previously ordered preparation from an H. fact project to indirect costs and reimbursement of lost tuition fee revenue the letter explains the inspector project has supply chain delays next item is C. six minutes on page fourteen this is for the Department education education television it's request to spend one million the fund to be used to plan produce and broadcast season two of rise and shine day series to boost summer learning for K. through five students. The next item is on page sixteen this is south Arkansas community college this is five hundred forty one thousand and the funds be used to upgrade health program simulation technology classroom computers and recover lost revenues. Next item C. eight and it's on page nineteen this is for a plastic this is a request to reallocate proves the order preparation and our staff reach out to the school learned that many of the iTunes of the I. T. items originally requested property expenses have to be moved to capital outlay is due to the estimated cost in a commercial for capital purchases per state reporting requirements and they would like to provide additional words he financially grants to students next item is C. nine it's on page twenty three this is the division of workforce services IT department commerce it's for three hundred thousand the fund to be used to participate in the department of labor's unemployment insurance IT modernization project. The next item exceed ten this is for you universe Arkansas committee college of Batesville FOR two hundred nine thousand and the funds of use to make financial aid grants to students and share those are all they are pure glass. All right thank you would do the same thing real quick on this one if there any questions of C. one. Two. Three. For. C. five C. for. Senator Caldwell you're recognized senator Caldwell. Sorry of the. I've got one with own down list the what number which one six all right we can go there that's fine to have someone from a department head BBS that can come to the table. Page three six. All written if for if the members this is on page fourteen. Have you would please introduce yourself for the record. Marty Ralph director of external relations with Arkansas PBS free we do or was previous CFO thank you would scripture might just a little bit closer to you so all right thank you Senator Caldwell you're recognized the manager of my question is why so soon after budget or we come back on you know the million dollars I guess it's kind of caught me off guard to we just went through the budget process and could you explain that. Well this is a a subgroup from the Arkansas department of education it was just awarded recently After the success of the season one of the rise and shine program they they wanted this to do the season to another summer series to help the. Early learners keep learning after school was over so. The the agreement was just the just signed within the last month so we we just now have the opportunity to ask for the appropriation this is special appropriation and I'm not I'm not objection to just saying audit so close to. Legislation being over in and come back with but since its initial grant it was the timing of the of the the agreement with okay thank you married education. Thank you. Senator Rapert you're recognized. The manager. This is grant or is the U. S. department of education correct. That is the direct grant to war and and we are a. The grant was to the Arkansas department of education and what we're a civil war D. of them okay and and since this is. The rescue act funding we're required to go through this process is not my concern is what. What instructional criteria it does come with. With DC money. Two through the state. Reckon number whatever else and and we've been we want I see grand. Well I'm sorry we we we had this question last time and and so with with rise and shine it we understand where you're coming from with that and there there there are no strings attached from the federal government now these for K. through five students and as the core subjects of math literacy social sciences and sciences but it's all Arkansas department of education approve content and there's no mandates from the federal government that has to include this or has to include that as far as the the data content no no direct curriculum no satisfied there's always strange. I've never seen a time that or not strings may not be on a particular project but it it is control and let me give you a of interest I don't know if you were here when I think a shared this one time in the. A small committee and it's not the answer I think that was grand about. There's a seventy with at that time two years ago was state mural boyhood been abandoned twice by his mother in central Arkansas. A friend that I have no mean raise best grand very smart young kid. Being home schooled. Thank you for. A teacher to come in and and because. Of. The boys kind of dramatic your life being amended twice is docked with the grandfather. He had some problem so school wasn't working out to. I have seen this kid over the years thrive in even an environment ET. What by one time Esqueda grand it's it to Mr writes what to. What you saw on TV. In. During the kind of the height of the woke. Deal on PBS. This this kid was basically. what he told me. Was made to feel guilty for recovery woes the the you know he is racing he was at fault. Thank you traumatized again. Confused began. I don't want that kind of stuff. Paid for by tax dollars so there's harm coming. With these agendas in money if somebody's not in control what I'm asking for is for you all to be in control. If U. K. don't take the money. We want to do it without state tax money I'm fine with it. With that other stuff that I got I thank the green come from the may not realized. Is is beyond the pale. Well or I'm going to go with that I want somebody here in control and responsible and answerable. What goes on may not be this contract I'm saying the whole deal. Needs to get headed in the right direction I hope you are. Well I want you to hear that from me this kid change my outlook. On on what's going on. Sir I appreciate that and and I can assure you that did we are we are taking steps to to make sure that that that doesn't happen and to my knowledge it is not at this point and I'd love to know what program that was because I'm not aware of anything that that that we have that that does that but to dispose of the rise and shine program we at Arkansas PBS select it because they're they're built around programs that we we build the segments for like in season one we had two hundred forty seven was that we fill that were found that were like field trips around the state like to Murfreesboro diamond park and all the different things like that that they were educational and in Arkansas based we had seven or excuse me six teachers of the year who who filmed and and we broadcast segments of them teaching these kids these programs and we controlled all that and we selected the programs that would be built around that would air and so we have total control over all that now sure you those kind of things are not what we're we're going to be hearing that you're referring to I appreciate that no reason for me going in depth give that story as someone who has been basically supportive no agree with all of it right but I'm Danny you know better be more control from what I see from the legislature if you will continue to support I hope you're successful but he's got to be responsible thank you we appreciate the center thank you before I recognize Senator Hammer I just follow up question who is and who is in control and who approves the content that's aired. Well our our directors Courtney pledger and she she is ultimately the one who who's in control our education director is sauce you compare us and she's in the charge of the day to day in in contact with the department occasion and over over the production of this okay thank you. Thank you senator Hammer you're recognized thank you ma'am chaired more German you made a comment while ago about a previous program sees one being successful what evidence do you have or can you produce to show that it was successful in what the goals were that was intended to achieve sure we hadn't of over it was around three hundred thousand digital downloads of of the programming that we did we had almost fifty five thousand packets we had the pack is that we distribute around the state that kids could use to to aye aye A woody column but this. Resource yeah resource for work books and that kind of thing that we distributed through the schools and through parents and we had we we raised over it was seventy four to seventy five counties and before somebody else I can't tell you off the top it with the one county that didn't participate was but I could I'm sure I could find out for you we had the our partners in this state to reach students included libraries food banks of course the schools themselves teachers as you know we're involved with the Arkansas ideas which provides online professional development for teachers that we have all the teacher's email addresses from across the state and so we we have a pretty comprehensive organization to reach out and and let them know and make them aware of this is is far as in in its own broadcast is well is digital so we're we're reaching those who are under served you can't afford internet can afford cable can afford satellite and is out there and available to them and we that's what three to food banks the libraries all the other places we use that to reach out to everybody and try to reach him as best we can as far as exactly how many watched over the year we don't have that data can't tell you that but I just based on the sure number digital downloads in the number of packets the that that we mailed out and the number of participants we had they were assisting us in getting the word out then we would say that it was successful yes all right thank you the manager. Senator Hickey you're recognized. Mine's a different item ma'am so if anybody else is still on this going to my mind like thank you I don't actually have anyone is there anyone else that has any questions for BBS while they're at the table. R. I. C. nine thank you thank you all right what what item are you on wheels on page twelve and thirteen. All right for a issue Three Rivers yes I recognize someone up to the table please. Do I have anyone here for may issue Three Rivers. Yeah. All right if you will please state your name. I'm sorry shame roadway issue system hi Senator Hickey you're recognized. Yes Sir Mr road ways of I'm looking at page twelve and thirteen yes. And in my question was this is I guess we approval of originally did appropriation for this HVAC cooling tower that's correct okay so do we no longer need that because I see that and I see what they say about the supply chain of that but it is still going to be needed in the future we still we still needed the concern is due to the supply chain issues we don't know if it will be the supplies will be here in time before the money expires. So yes we will still have to come back and do that at some point time either through university reserves or raise the. The money to do that. Later. Okay does the concern is the timing of when our money. And expended do you remember when that is is at the end of the year. The thing there's one phase that's not the end of the year and then the thank another year so we make who may possibly come back. if it's twenty. For. Okay. So. We still have the. Losses of revenue from last year that that's what the changing purposes here interested ever still trying to make up yes Sir and I see that I see that the two are going to. But you want to change it to indirect costs and lost revenue but I guess that was my question if you all if you all spend spend this money you know for that and you do come back so are you going to be used in Arkansans if. If there are any left and we would come back for separate appropriation for the H. back. I don't know how much this leaves I haven't looked to see how much this leaves us after this appropriation. I was just at the end that's what I was wondering I guess if do do do where we at and we have this appropriation for the H. back if it's going to be needed I just wondered if the best way would be to have left this appropriation there continue trying to get the H. back system and then try to get additional monies for the indirect costs and lost revenue. Because it appears to me that you're or you're right that there's gonna be an expiration argument exploration on that thing and then if for this and if it's truly needed this capital project then at that point we're going to use state funds if it was not taken care of so would be to be institutional funds the state doesn't allocate funds for capital. But it comes from the state correct or. No I mean we do receive state dollars as general revenue dollars right it would be to do a capital project would be mainly probably our tuition dollars okay other phones again it just seemed odd to me because if you need if you need the cooling tower it appear it would appear to me that that especially if you're thinking that you're going to come back. That we would just continue to try to get that in before the money expired and then came back and tried to another request for the. To do another request for the indirect costs for the lost revenue right there towards the end because I guess they can almost be immediately skews me immediate. So in other words if you come and ask us for that that you're not waiting on the phone equipment to come in we can do we can almost do that immediately. Anyway I'll be glad to visit with a maybe come back manager I don't have any issue with that I just hope that my main deal with you and I know Mr bro you're not the one that's probably directly doing this but if we kind of thought that all the way through. Yeah I'll circle back to him and okay I can report back to you I have no trouble coming out of this committee and if they want to do something different the by Friday then we be set to go thank thank you senator thank you are there any other questions for Mr Broadway what got him at the table. All right seeing none thank you very much thank you madam chair. All right let's go back at I think I was at to Adam C. for DHS other any questions there. All right we'll go down to number seven south OR community college. C. eight. C. nine department of commerce. And CTN. All right no other questions I'll entertain a motion to approve motion and a second all in favor aye. Any opposed nay the ayes have it. Okay. It was a challenge. So the motion carried what did you have a question senator Chesterfield. Okay. Well let's do this we just we went ahead and approved it and I think Mr Broadway understands the concern that Senator Hickey had and so what's. Let him talk with them and see if they need to make any changes by Friday and if they do I think a senator ricin senator Wardlaw be amenable to making and Senator Hickey to making those changes with that be out all right with you. Okay thank you. All right we'll move on to item the. Thank you ma'am here in section D. this is the infrastructure investment jobs act appropriation requests the infrastructure investment jobs act is a federal funding package passed at the end of twenty twenty one in the twenty two fiscal session a new appropriation holding account and special language wasn't acted to have state agency's request new spending authority before utilizing any federal infrastructure funds these request require prior approval by ale C.. there is one requests on the agenda for a section the This Is department energy environment division of environmental quality it's request to spend eight hundred nine thousand infrastructure funds the funds to be used for the division's low income home energy assistance program I spoke with the agency learned at this is a formula driven program or federal funds will pass through the division and be disbursed to a qualifying persons utility company ensure that is the infrastructure request on today's agenda. All right thank you have any questions. All right no questions I have a motion to approve in a second. All in favor aye. Opposed nay. The ayes have it motion carries. All right we're gonna move to the supplemental agenda item a. Thank you madam chair in the supplemental agenda the first item vitamin a this is our daughter appropriation requests. A majority of art arts federal funding comes from the infrastructure investment and jobs act. In the supplemental gender are to request raw diet that total four hundred ninety million the first request is for March twenty twenty two four sixty million. The second questions for four hundred thirty million is to finish up the current quarter and revised any authority for the first quarter of fiscal year twenty twenty three. All right thank you are there any questions one item a. All right seeing no questions on automate I have a motion to approve to I have a second second all in favor aye. Opposed nay. Motion carries item be please thank you madam chair brown said I don't be instability under this is on page eight it's are not fund transfer requests. The Arkansas how improving plan of twenty sixteen to existing revenue streams redirect and are not to produce fifty million state mass and that's the code and all available federal aid one of those revenue sources with the interest earnings from the treasury securities reserve fund Arkansas Code rex up to twenty million from interest earnings to flow to the highway transfer fund and then requires a L. C. approval for transfer to the Department. All right thank you do I have any questions on item be. Representantes and you may get somebody to the table the yeah if if there's somebody available for Murdock yep. All right if you could please introduce yourself for the record. Thank you madam chair committee members on Randy Orton deputy director chief operating officer for or not thank you president Dotson you're recognized thank you madam chair so this is the twenty million of the fifty are you so you are you planning to come back for the other thirty in a request or do you have available resources for though thirty currently it's my understanding that the thirty would be from any surplus from the Wednesday fiscal years yes okay fiscal year and if if that doesn't if that amount doesn't reach at twenty five percent of that amount doesn't reach the thirty which obviously I think it's going to far exceed that but where did the where does the department plan to make up any difference do you also come back asking for rainy day or anything else no we will come back. Okay we will make the. And if I might madam chair the I didn't pension quite in time the the former ninety million dollars that we just proved. Could you expand on what that's going to be used for if if it's regular Onam or if their specific projects where where does that go to yeah we have to do that representative Dotson of the four ninety million dollars is is Billy Parrish explained is sixty million is basically already expended we have to continue paying for the contracts that we have in place of the other four hundred thirty million is for the next two quarters basically two hundred fifteen million per quarter and it is to continue with projects that we have already underway contracts already taking place in road as well as those that are in project development those projects that are identified in our statewide transportation improvement plan. At and that's just for two quarters or is that over the next the date three more years that funding we request today that you all approved is just for the next two quarters will come back in three quarterly and add an additional quarter each times will be staying a quarter head okay thank you. All right thank you are there any other questions. Well we have him at the table. Senator Irvin you're recognized. Thank you I just actually wanted to take the opportunity to say thank you I was if you know my district is very role and so I was driving in the middle of nowhere and you had some people out inspecting the bridge in my district and so I really appreciated that and so I know that you all or have really gotten a lot more emphasis on that bridge inspection and just wanted to say thank you. Thank you Senator appreciate that happy to take any other comments like that as well. All right six yes a no other questions thank you all right I have a motion to approve item be on the supplemental agenda do I have a second a second all in favor aye. Opposed nay the ayes have it motions approved we'll go back to the regular agenda item ET the command chair in section II this is a reallocation resource request. The first one he wants for the Department corrections division of community corrections the department's request to transfer four point three million of regional jail funding from the in the care and custody fund to the division's funding cal according to the letter the transfer will allow the division to construct renovate and equip new bid for the White River juvenile detention facility. The next item you too it's for the Department of Human Services. And the just as special language that allows the department to make for allocations of fiscal year to respond to changing client needs this is the thirty allocation this year on the last page is a table showing all transfers the first table shows appropriation transfer within divisions in tolls approximately fourteen point five million the bulk of the transfer is about nine million which occur within Division of Children and Family Services and are needed in order to better cost allocate expenditures to support the expansion of the intensive in home contract an increased need for child placement contracts they're also one point one six five many transfers among items in the divisions for IT software licensing any quick Spence's and there's also three point nine four million transfers to maintain appropriate staffing levels and divisions providing direct client care and eligibility determinations the next table shows transfers between divisions it shows a transfer of approximately six hundred thirty nine thousand appropriation from the division of aging adult behavior health services and Zachary's office to the Division of County operations and that's to assess long term services and supports unit in this fortunate with eligibility determinations. The last table shows position transfers and it shows transfers of forty oppositions between divisions primarily to the Division of County operations as twenty five positions and this is to assess the long term services supports unit with eligibility determinations and the Division about the developmental disabilities ten positions and has to assist in direct quite care at the human development centers remain Trancers are to assist the Division specific functions within the department manager those are the two reallocation requests. Thank you I've got chair fifty two I can't see who that is we'll go ahead and. All right. Thank you madam chair I just want to go on record as is being opposed to the one I don't want to ask questions about it of the labor it but I would like to be a notice mail. Thank you all right. Thank you. Senator Irvin I do have questions on anyone anyone all right if I could get someone from department of corrections to the table please. I read you could please state your name for the record. Jerry Bradshaw director division of community correction. Loma Wimley chief financial officer department corrections thank you senator when you're recognized thank you I'm could you just tell me how much this was purchased for and what how many beds you're planning to put their and is there a need for this facility. The purchase price is one million nine hundred seventy five thousand dollars the number B. as is one fifty right correct that the bid build out will be one fifty if you recall the the county sheriffs came to you all and talked about the problems with the county jail backup there's a large portion of a profile later state go to a ninety day program in the county jail this will allow us to move six hundred offenders to that program in a year the battle turn over every ninety to forty five days so yes ma'am there is a need for so this is not a juvenile facility then no ma'am okay so you're so this okay so so this is actually going to be. A stop gap basically for county jail backup for current inmates to be able to move them to the facility that this is not a juvenile detention center anymore at any given time it'll take there's usually anywhere from six hundred to six seven hundred offenders in the ninety day county jail program in this will take hundred fifty off there off the top okay all right thank you so long as we're not creating another juvenile detention center I'm okay with okay. All right thank you have got chair eighty seven. All right Senator Hammer you're recognized thank you measure I'm just asking because I don't know but the Division of correction in make care custody fund what's the source of funding for that or what how's it get its money. Of this actually is general revenue funds a we have special language which allows us to reallocate resources and part of a special language when we're constructing renovating and equipping the beds we can use does general revenue funds. Right and the fund balance is twenty five million before the request yours at twenty five million after the request. If I'm looking at the right it is one of the handout sheets on this. Twenty five million. What it what is the request you're asking for two million or is what we're asking for four point three million we will the reason why we're asking for this money to to move it over there was actually original jail project that we requested and I biennial our last biennial and the project didn't take place it was supposed to actually open in January of this year and since that project did not take place we had that those funds available instead of taking on any additional debt or anything we wanted to move those funds and use it for this this project here. Okay but the fund balance the sheet I'm looking at on the request has a fund balance of twenty five million seven hundred fifty thousand is that the is that the current fund balance out of which the four point three will be deducted from. I will always have to look at that she said because it Senator Hammer I might be able to help out there that box of information that was provided by the if in a when they review the request and so that's just information shows which funds center which was coming out of that is the fund balance of H. C. P. zero one hundred as of the date they reviewed this is twenty five point seven million. Okay the balance of a of a species John revenue fund it on a day okay right and how may bids as it the fourth point three going to create what did you say. Hundred fifty okay thank you. ACT thank you senator when you're recognized just one quick question I know that the surrounding counties supported that facility do you know and the purchase price was that he did did those supportive counties also receive money from that purchase price the ones that have been supporting that instant that facility. Do you know you can get back to me if you don't mind you can get back to me on that I would just like to know where the money went to because I know that surrounding counties have put money towards that facility to begin enter started or build it or maintain it so I'd really like to know that information thank you gentlemen. Thank you if you could get that information for us and we'll we'll get it out thank you are there any other questions for department corrections whether at the table. All right say none thank you. Are there any questions on you too. All right saying no not entertain a motion to approve I've got a motion and a second all in favor aye. Oppose name. The ayes have it motion carries moved to Adam S.. Thank you ma'am chairman section at these other restrict reserve fund transfer requests. There are two request to transfer one point six five million from the majority vote set aside account within their **** Reserve Fund the first items letter from the department transformation share services this is the Arkansas geographic information systems office and this request to transfer one point two million from the reserve fund to the G. eight G. I. S. office to update statewide aerial imagery the letter explains injuries use for economic development by local governments for assessments and by many state agencies and private companies for purposes ranging from real estate to forestry the last added a database update was completed in two thousand seventeen. The next item of two is a letter from economic development commission its request to transfer four hundred fifty three thousand from the restrictions are fun to the commission and the funds be used to make a grant to the Arkansas hunger relief alliance for food resources programs education and advocacy efforts advocacy efforts to reduce hunger. Thank you do I have any questions on either item one or T. F. one or two a. All right seeing none who got a motion to approve and a second all those in favor I. Any opposed nay. The motion carries. Richmond center and if you have a question. Get the information to me on the hunger relief alliance at grants because I know that they received a lot of money through the cares Act into the archive Fund thanks I just would like more information if they don't mind specifically the usage of this one thank you I could have someone with the hunger relief a lot to get that information that Senator Irvin okay that she's requested so we'll know where that money's going to be spent thank you. Right of removing J. G. all right we're on Adamjee. The man chair these are rainy day fund transfer requests there to request to transfer one point three million from the rainy day fund the first item is a letter from the governor to transfer one million ninety one thousand from the rainy day fund to the division of community corrections the fund to be used to expand the intensive supervision program to ensure high risk parole populations has support from community correction officers next item G. two is also a letter from the governor this is the transfer two hundred ninety two thousand from the rainy fund to rehabilitation services the funds would support security services for the former Arkansas career training student Hot Springs a request for the spending authority for the preparation for this item will be later in the agenda and the cash appropriation section. I right do I have any questions on items G. one or two. Seeing no questions cell entertain a motion to approve got a motion and a second all in favor say aye opposed nay. The ayes have it the motion carries so we'll move on to items for review H. thank you ma'am chair in section H. this is cash fund appropriation increase request the first items letter from department education division of higher education this is requesting crease preparation by a hundred and thirty thousand any spending thirty will allow the division two grand donated funding to the newly established northwest technical institute foundation in support of workforce training programs our staff spoke with the agency learned it was a donation for an ammonia refrigeration training program the next item is on page three this is H. two is for the Department of Education Division of higher education and this is the request for sixty eight thousand and to establish a line item for student information system expenses according to the letter the spinning thirty will allow the division to complete upgrades of the student permission system to improve transparency and to allow more data driven decision making the funding for this project came from or rainy transfer into thousand eighteen that original transfer was two hundred fifty thousand next item is on page four this is H. three department corrections and this is requesting fees by two hundred fifty thousand and this is a purchase water trailers into address capital outlay needs the purchases will be supported by revenue from profits from sales of products inmates. Thanks items page five it's a letter from the department Education Division of elementary and secondary education it's for one point five million and this is to pay the outstanding debts of charter schools when they close according to letter additional preparations needed due to the closure of the Little Rock preparatory academy. Page six is a letter from department military is for two hundred fifty thousand and this is to disperse the donation from the attorney general's office to the Arkansas National Guard foundation. On page seven this letter from Veterans Affairs FOR five hundred eighty thousand this is the cover operational costs related to staffing and residents needs at the Arkansas state veterans home veterans home supported by fees collected for the residents Medicaid Medicare the VA and third party insurance. On page eight as letter from another letter from the aids for four hundred thousand and this is to cover architectural engineer fees for the state better and soon Senator Rapert aye. In on page nine is department agriculture it's five hundred thousand this is to spend a grant they received from the Walton family foundation for a pilot program in northwest Arkansas to increase capacity for local wholesale fruit and vegetable production. Page ten is the Arkansas public defender commission it's request for two hundred thousand appropriation in this is to be mileage reimbursement for the additional public defenders they recently hired. On page eleven is Arkansas rehabilitation services at the department of commerce is for two hundred ninety two thousand a preparation and this is to secure the former Arkansas create training C. with armed guards this is the preparation for that rainy day transfer. And I'm sure those are all the cash requests. Thank you. Senator Chesterfield you have a question yes I do madam chair thank you so very much on page three I'd like to visit with the Department of hiring. There if I could get someone from department of higher into the table please. Please state your name for the record. Nick FOR with the division of higher education. Are you recognize Senator Chesterfield thank you very much madam chair have we how many Hi reinstitution Sabin ACT lately and will this help. I'm sorry I mean if we had any institutions of higher it is there have been around the country have they been hacked of their system's been hacked and if not does this make this stronger. I'm not positive for the campus individually this the higher education data information system is the system that we use within the division to collect the student data that the school sent to us well this event than this so that we can preclude the hacking going yes ma'am is it should help with that with the data that sent to us now to the institutions themselves on their their own networks anything that's on each of the campuses but but this will help strengthen our. Prevention of of hacking of the data thank you and I'm sure I'd like to speak with someone from the department of from Dessa Act Missy there anyone else does anyone else have questions well we've got him at the table. RFC nine thank you. What item are we on Senator Chesterfield on number fund. All right forget someone from department of the military no no no Department of it. Page five I don't know what number name and the last yes sorry about that department of ed yes I want to talk to dis. Division of elementary and secondary education yes ma'am. If you could please state your name for the record. Page cation good morning great morning. Share you're recognized Q. I'm trying to figure out why we have to spend some more money to help close out of school that was in fiscal distress obviously how do you get to the point where we're going to have to pick up the tab for it was or not I'm going supervision of this. Yes ma'am so what this does this catch preparation does it takes the money that we collected from when that charter closed okay and we take that money back and we pay any outstanding bills that they have owed that are out there owed for them that law was developed to use eight years ago to prevent things like that happen when a charter close not paying their bills so once the charter is close those funds come to us so they had one million five hundred thousand and assets they had a little over a million about a million twenty thousand so we're able to use that to close at what what is that entail closing at the school and any outstanding bills they had payroll taxes anything that the district of the charter has that they didn't have paid at the time the closure what happened to the kids. in this particular situation when that charter the resort charter was revoked Lisa academy agreed to take over the facilities and allowing students who want to remain in that this fully to continue in their education there is another the assets flowed with the kids no. Just the front the. What was it into the school year was able to get the the money that we give for children every year yes yes so this it was a close out your and they started over the next year started and Lisa was taken over that so some of these funds or have an argument that back to Lisa to help provide those educational sources to education for those kids and stated that school in approximately how much is that it'll be close it'll be mostly because of the million that they have left in there because those were for that would have been from the foundation funding and other sources for those kids that were at that school. Thank you madam chair. Thank you. Senator Hammer. Thank you measure regardless of type head you know I'm a charter schools have closed since we started that. no I said no I don't know I'd be guessing would you get it for me and you Sir and also just give me the total number and the dollar value that went with each one of you don't mind absolutely all right thanks thank major if you can get that information for us we'll get it distributed to the members are there any other questions for him while he's at the table. We are seeing none thank you. Are there any other questions on item H.. I will go through them one by one save everyone the misery of that. All right seeing no questions on item aged that stands as reviewed will move on to item hi. Thank you Muintir inspection I these of the budget classification transfer request and the first ones for Division Arkansas state police and public safety it's a request to transfer five hundred seventy thousand from operating expenses to capital outlay the transfer is needed due to a scope of work changed increases the move Arkansas development project costs of Arkansas includes the eSight evolved in iqram systems. Next item is for the plant board and department of ag it's requests transfer two hundred fifty thousand from professional fees to operate Spence's the transfer is needed to to increase operating costs according to the request. the next items for forty operations at AG it's one hundred thousand dollar transfer from professional fees are expenses is also due to an increase in operating costs. And the last item is for shared services that act and so one hundred thousand I transfer from professional fees are priestesses and the same reason for the increase in operating costs that's your those are all the city requests. I do I have any questions on item I. Right. Seeing no questions that item stands reviewed will move on to Adam J.. Thank you madam chair second share the miscellaneous federal grant appropriation request the first one is for Veterans Affairs it's requests for six point five million appropriation to spend federal funds they have a grant from the VA to expand the state veterans cemetery in this item is a hundred percent fairly funded. Next item is for the state crime lab public safety it's four twenty nine thousand they have a grant from the national highway traffic safety administration to purchase lab drug testing kits to help complete toxicology testing in a timely manner is items understood federally funded. number three in the state police public safety is for two hundred fifty thousand an immigrant from the department of justice to address technology facilitated child exploitation the preparation we used to build out new friends machines and to send task force members to a conference is items hundreds of federally funded. Next item is emergency management public safety IT for eighty eight million they have a grant from FEMA to reimburse state and local governments answered nonprofits for disaster related debris removal measures to protect life and property and to repair infer pair were to infrastructure that requires a twenty five percent match that's provided by the applicant's. Next item number five as they come to the commission of commerce is for thirty four thousand they have a grant to launch the career counseling to workforce training project to address workforce challenges this grant this items hundreds in fairly funded. And the last items for workforce services ecommerce it's eight hundred twenty three thousand they have a grant to purchase technology safety equipment and staff in staff training for diligent for excuse me adult education centers is items under centrally funded under those are all the amenities thank you are there any questions on anything on item J.. I'm seeing none Adam Jay is a mark for review when we want to Adam K.. Thank you madam chair a section here the performance people and holding account transfer request and which is normal for this time of year there are a number request to increase probation for Sally in personal services matching because receiving close to the end of the fiscal year there are twenty eight request for pay plan in that totals two point five million most of the requests are due to fiscal year twenty performance increases in other salary adjustments the three largest R. seven hundred eighty thousand for parks and tourism four hundred thirty seven thousand six hundred for the public defender commission and for thirty seven thousand four hundred for the purpose of agriculture. Thank you are there any questions on item K.. All right seeing none that item stands review. We want to item there to the reports that a male. Thank you manager the first report is L. one this is the surplus income and distribution report and this report shows sources of unobligated funds intended distributions from the rainy day restrict reserve and the long term reserve funds as of the end of March the rainy day fund shows six point nine million in distributions in a balance of nine point six seven the balance will be reduced by eight point two million should the two requests on today's agenda be approved by LC. I'm sorry be reduced to a point two million others reserve fund shows one hundred thirty one point three nine million distributions and an overall balance of seventy two point one nine million that balance would be reduced to seventy point five million should the two requests in today's agenda be approved by L. C. on Friday and I know that the majority vote set aside account within that fund would be seventeen point five million the total catastrophic reserve fund balances one point two billion. L. two is the budget stabilization trust fund report and it shows the castle on throughout the fiscal year as of the end of March there sixteen point nine million housing loans in the cash balances under seven three million. The next items L. three it's the tobacco settlement award and it shows a summary of income fund balances investments actual payments to the state and on the second page or all expenses by fiscal year. The next item is L. forces the Central Services Fund report and it shows the fund balance and disbursements as well as expenditures of each agency supported by the fun. And L. five is the American recovery plan report the first two pages of the report shall request they were approved by the A. R. P. steering committee and that's the those the ward's to say yes discretion in awarding. Cordons are poor the string committee has approved seven hundred thirty eight point six million requests in the remaining balance for preparation is eight hundred and sixty one million. On the third page begins attachment a and that's report of every funds are sent directly to state agencies from various federal entities according to this report one point forty billion appropriation has been awarded for these funds and the last four pages are attachment B. this report of the R. P. funds were sent directly to institutions of higher education according to this report three hundred nineteen point seven million appropriations been awarded and for those two attention a being the remaining balance for preparation for the agencies institutions is two point eight billion. I'm sure we have one more item in other business this is six PM it's an emergency action report yesterday the chairs and peer review of the chairs of the LC in peer reviewed an emergency request for one thousand dollars and pay plan appropriation for the Arkansas public defender commission. Thank you are there any questions on the reports or other business. All right. Seeing none I guess that's it and we are adjourned.