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Your any audience go ahead and find a seat and we're gonna get started here in just a few minutes. Members the school and grab your grab receipts charities quorum. I represent Jean you're recognized. Thank you Mr chairman Yesterday we got the the House meant that Pam Fortner representative Jack Fortner is wife had passed away succumb to cancer of and if if the chairman allow me well would like to say a prayer on behalf that family of so we'll we'll Ballinger heads and then go to have a father in prayer. I have a father we thank you for all the blisters Day were thankful for able to come and called you this morning our hearts are heavy for the loss of ham Fortner. We just ask that you be with the Jack Fortner family at this time and help them have the the resolve to get past the as we're going to miss Pam Pam was a special lady we know now. Spiritually she's in a better place but the us as humans and and Jack's family we will Mr we just ask that your prayers be with the Fortner family and hi Christain we pray amen. Thank you chairman. Of members I just wanna run through real quick about that kinda how will handle today we do have a long agenda and so what we'll do so let's just take B. one for instance will you know hear an explanation to be one ask for questions any discussion and then that would then we'll move on and inferences to be to that has multiple items will explain each one of those items then go back for questions go for discussion of someone wants to pull out an item for separate but we'll do that and if not each one of those items will be voted in a batch I know some items later on the agenda that individuals one of the or pull out to vote separately and that will be you will you'll need to be recognized to that just to be consistent it on on how the process is going to flow I before we get to the agenda income now but we do have a supplemental agenda and what I'd like to do on the front end is go ahead and suspend the rules to add the supplemental agenda to the into the calendar that what. That what we know where it is we've got a motion to move the supplemental knowledge and to to the end of the calendar we got a second all those in favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries and so will take up that up at the very end of the day. Okay okay well in some of those items may have come up for sections of the. All right with that we're gonna kick things off with the item the one you're recognized. Thank you Mr chair B. one is a very separate appropriation request for fiscal year twenty one the first item on the agenda is for the department of finance administration this is the disbursing officer it's request to increase appropriation by a six hundred thousand letters as a speeding toward is necessary to process payments to fire departments due to provisioning code regarding the fire protection premium tax one going to set you the revenue comes from a tax from taxes on insurance premiums is collected by the insurance commissioner and to use for fire protection services and this you sure we already have our first implement item it's on the suburban agenda on page four if you move to page four. This supplement request is the A. one indigenous for the treasure of State it's request to increase appropriation by twenty five million in the spent or is needed to return city sales and use tax proceeds according to the letter the cities are experiencing higher than anticipated economic activity sure those are the request for fiscal year twenty one. All right thank you so we have to be want to be too then sensually OR with the supplemental you want to be one and supplemental members with any questions on the one or the supplemental item and be. Any discussion. All right seeing none was will the committee. All right we've got a motion to approve got a second all those in favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries all right be to. Thank you Mr beats you begins FY twenty two very separate preparation class the first item is a letter from you a mess this is requests increase preparation by three hundred fifty thousand the new spending thirty allow the university to spend funding provided to the child abuse rape domestic violence commission. The next item on. The letter from north Arkansas college it's request to increase preparation by three million and Elise's up permission to help construct colleges center for biotics in manufacturing innovation facility the funding for this project will come from the restrictor Reserve Fund request to transfer funds from the researchers or phone or later in the agenda. Nicks items letter from the part of agriculture its request for one million forty six thousand and Elise's preparation to make grants the county district fairs with proceeds from the restrictions are fun again that request is later in the agenda the letter says grants will provide needed relief and help defray unavoidable expenses created by the pandemic. The next item is on page five this is a letter from the department of commerce Arkansas rehabilitation services in its request for seventy thousand an appropriation the leases to allow the statewide disability telecom equipment program to purchase a new case management system and to increase grants due to prices of new technology like tablets. Yes ma'am. How's that. Thanks items number six I'm sorry Page six it's for the Department of Education Division of higher education it's a request to increase appropriation by four hundred seventy five thousand according to the letter the new spending three will allow the development and overhaul the universal scholarship portal. Next item is a letter from the Division of higher education's on page seven and it's in a request for eighty three thousand and the lease is being thirty to allow the division to make loans for the osteopathic rule medicine practice student loan and scholarship program the funding would come from release from the district reserve fund again this later in the agenda. On page eight is a letter from the Department of Parks heritage tourism in this requests for two million for the natural and cultural resources council the council uses a spinning three take advantage of new federal matching dollars for grants they make for the acquisition management and stewardship of state owned properties. On page nine is letter for the department of public safety it's request for one million twenty nine thousand any student or allow the department to provide financial compensation to victims of violent crime and again the funding for this to come from restrictive restricted reserve fund transfer those are all the VT request for fiscal twenty two Mister. Thank you. Senator you're recognized I thank you question for Division of higher read okay. This on item here at it is on the page six and seven. You say you universal okay and osteopathic. And yes Sir if you just could recognize self of the committee and then you're recognized for a question. Good morning Nick fuller I'm assistant director of finance for the Division of higher at. Thank you thank you Mr fuller's just quick questions I know that we've had some this is needed and so what I'm asking is can you just give me a very brief timeline and exactly what's going to be done in order to upgrade this portal that's my first question on that request. Our initial timeline is is still looking at about two to even three years out on being able to do the overall what we're doing is updating from a system that's being managed from a third party that's over ten years old and dealing with. You know technology ten years is very outdated overlooking do is bring all of that operation in house so that we can updated a lot quicker but that the transition in the reprogramming of everything is going to take a little while and we're still in the the first initial phases of. Getting the contract out for bid and everything to bring that information in house so it's it's gonna take a little while to get it done but we are hoping to be able to be more react responsive be able to have everything in house ones that it's finished okay my concern would be that that's not fast enough because this is an incredibly important tool that our students have to have in order to seek the lottery scholarship and some of those other scholarships for both undergraduate and professional school and so that portal is not functioning. I mean completely not functioning so the students are missing out on those opportunities and y'all are having to manually go through things and so I I to me at this and this is an immediate need an immediate response and relief is needed in my opinion so what would take us to be able to get to that point because again if this you universal application portal is not working and functioning correctly those students miss out on those scholarship opportunities that are really really critically important for them yes ma'am and it would just take it additional funding and we're just trying to work within the restraint of the funding that we have available to us currently okay so could you get me the information about that because I just want the members of the legislature denied that I've experienced this first hand dismisses a nightmare and no student unless they have a direct line to one of us you know it's going to be nearly impossible for them so this is we this is so important we don't want to mention it we we did the overhaul of the lottery scholarships and that was amazing effort and we did a lot of work on that but if you don't have the website fix where these people can even apply for it or for the the professional school and I'm not mad at you I'm just mad that this isn't working I'm it's got to be fixed Lowery I need the information to know exactly how to fix this how much is going to be and a timeline to get us within a lot faster timeline because these kids can't wait they have to have that it's they have to have the ability to make it to under graduate or to the professional schools and we have to give them that tool immediately yes ma'am okay thank you my second question Mister chair is on the osteopath ruled private medical practice student loan and it is the. Other is the the the rule medicine practice student loan for and medical physicians is that also being funded at this time I believe that it's already find a U. M. S. this is at a new program for the two osteopathic okay grams in the start thank you Mr chair and if you can get that information to me quickly and thank you. Thank you senator. Representative Vaught thank you Mr chairman we all have that information I would like to know why it's taken so long and what the money would be to get it up to a. Yeah that be grates of any information to pass along just in the staff and was submitted to the members just timeline I think is what we're looking for that right yeah. And and how much additional money would be needed. All right thank you members do we have any other questions on any of the items in B. two. All right seeing none during discussion seeing none of anyone like pulling the items in B. two out. Seeing none what's the will of the committee we've got a motion to approve we've got a second all those in favor signify by saying aye All the suppose motion carries I don't see one. Thank you Mr C. one begins the American rescue plan requests the first sections for fiscal year twenty one. The first item is request for the department of education elementary and secondary education and this request for two million appropriation to spend federal American rescue plan funds funds be used to help safely reopen assisting operations of schools the department also have request for fiscal year twenty to the amount of five hundred million a one page explainer as provided by the Department behind both requests if you move to that page. According to the stocking on the next page that's page three your packet Arkansas received one point two seven billion with ninety percent of that going directly to local school districts at this time the state has access to eight hundred thirty five million the department is asking for two million for fiscal twenty one that ends on June thirtieth that's this request and the five hundred million for this year twenty two which is the next request in the next section. The documents plans requirements for local districts the timeline and how the department is responsible for monitoring the local district expenses but it is not allowed to restrict district expenditures within the allowable expense categories at the bottom of the page there is more detail on how the state can utilize is ten percent allocation five percent was he dedicates reverse impact of loss instructional time one percent for evidence based summer programs another one percent for after school programs in the final three percentages are for needs to turn by the department. The next request is on page for this is for the purpose of education PBS it's four six hundred thousand and then use the funds to create produce and broadcast programming to help mitigate learning loss during the summer because coming nineteen closures and disruptions and school schedules. And they know that they're aiming for July broadcast on page five is the department of finance initiation disbursing officer in its request for one hundred eighty million the funds will be used as recovery funds for local governments under fifty thousand population according to the request coronavirus local fiscal recovery funds provide substantial flexibility for each government to meet local needs. Next page page six is requests for the department of health it's request for ninety point eight million of these funds be used for support comprehensive screen testing for K. through twelve schools well that's both public and private I'm sure the next request is on the supplemental agenda so for me to supplement supplemental agenda on page six. This request is for the Arkansas state university it's request for ten point eight nine million and these funds will be used to provide emergency support to students and to support institutions of higher education to serve students ensure learning continues during the pandemic and this year those are the request for fiscal year twenty one. I thank you members do we have any questions on C. NET items and see one. You can just have a quick one myself and so on. Looking at the testing. Of the students. You might hear in answering questions on that the ninety million. For comprehensive testing. Department health. And I am not getting recognize yourself for the committee but my quick what what is this going to look like is it something that's gonna be required of every student do we have a contract in place that's already been established you know kind of what we looking to do with is ninety million. Thank you Mr chair my name is don Adams I'm a Dick deputy director at the Arkansas department held so this was an unsolicited grant we received from the CDC specifically for K. through twelve serial or surveillance testing so it is completely voluntary both from the school standpoint and within the schools that volunteered to participate of course it will be voluntary for the student teachers and the parents that decide to participate in the in the surveillance testing. And so any of the funds that are did you say no one wants to participate. What what happens to the funds that are not utilized in eighty five percent the funds have to go directly to testing for testing efforts so those funds would go on suspended fifteen percent of the funds can be used for other other activities related to we're looking at in our work plan to provide sub grants to schools for efforts around their point of contacts these are individuals appointed in the school that assists with identifying positives and contacts and making sure they're excluded from school at least excluded for on site instruction during their isolation or quarantine. So it's fifteen percent is a grant and the we have any parameters you don't have any parameters and how those be utilized this point you're just looking at developing grant program with the fifteen percent well we've been working closely with the department of education and right now the work plan the draft work plan is to subgraph this money to the Arkansas association for educational administrators they have connections with the schools and they would in turn secure a vendor to hopefully do a turn key testing reporting all this required in the grant and solicit participation from the schools and work with them so that's the current work plan is to work this as a sub grant to a okay thank you Is. Represent Dotson if you have a question on. Hello yes I have okay one on that one and maybe another one as well on a different one okay after with regards to this evening how much as a sub grant going to be for. The full amount ninety million ninety nine and there's there's no vendor did selected yet or is there vendor selected well the subgrade would go to know the testing vendors not been selected ADA will select the vendor with with our guidance we will make sure they meet the minimum standards of the grant but they ultimately will select the vendor and the. Before us or. This is it I'm sorry did you that that Bender selection will come back before us or this is it. Based on my understanding the process we would sub grant the money to a E. a and then they would have sole authority to skews me they would have authority to alternately select a vendor is long as it met met the criteria that we will determine that they must meet the minimum criteria yes. All right I'll. Get back in Q.. President gray recognized thank you Mr chair and questions for you it is regarding the vendor I've heard kind of different stories are we going to be and I know you're saying a As going to be the one selecting the vendor where they going to put this out for me and like an or S. P. or something like that or they just going to do an addendum to an existing contract that's already in place yes I think Dr Mike Hernandez may be here today to assist in answering questions used to do is get the director of the association it's my understanding that they will solicit proposals from multiple vendors determine their capacities make sure that they can meet the standards of the grant before deciding it may be more than one vendor that is selected in this process okay thank you just wanna make sure that we're not sole sourcing this in that we're actually putting this out for bids at thank you. Thank you Seat number sixty. Good morning of Mister chair I want to ask the question of of someone from the department of education if I'm me we're going to get to them in just a second and so just come back into the queue. And right now this is stratosphere the department help me clean this process up here in just a minute you good represent gene Education Senator Irvin. Both right department health in. You're recognized thank you Mr chair just quickly on on this are you of the kid are it is also going to be an effort to track who's who of the students have been vaccinated or if they've already been vaccinated is this also going to are they still going to be tested after they've been vaccinated because I know I mean I know currently the CDC is still requiring a negative test to re enter the United States of America even though you've been vaccinated. If you're a US citizen so I'm trying to understand is this are we are we basing everything off of what the CDC is currently guiding us on this and we'll those children that are are vaccinated will they be subjected to testing and contact tracing this. Yes ma'am I'll referred this question to doctor Mike some are one of our state epidemiologist K. okay. Yes that's a good a good question so again the testing program the screening program is completely voluntary the schools are able to opt in themselves and then within those schools the students are able to say whether or not they would want to be tested as far as vaccinations concern I believe the CDC has put out a recommendations about the quarantine it as well as testing regarding those individuals who have been vaccinated you are fully vaccinated you're actually not subject to the quarantine guidelines that we would have for those unvaccinated individuals as far as testing is concerned I'm not entirely certain certain what the CDC recommendations are about testing vaccinated individuals I would have to get back to you on that but as far as quarantine is concerned if you are fully immunized with two shot through the door Fizer Paterno or single shot of of of Johnson and Johnson then you would not need to quarantine if you come into contact with a confirm case Republicans. Okay okay I'm well all right at I just. I guess I'll I'll follow up because it just seems like we've got kind of a different scenario if you're traveling but are you as are the sports teams going to have to be required to be tested or. Again I don't I don't believe that we will have any requirements from the department of health to do the testing I think that would be left up to the schools that opt into the screening program I in the individual teams and so okay thank you. Search or use your question on the part of the. All right you're recognized thank you Mr chair I guess was troubling to me is you did not less this for be it you just arbitrarily decided that you would have an entity that you know be in charge of ninety million dollars could you tell me why you did that. Yes that's the question again. Yes ma'am thank you for the question of the these were unsolicited funds and the Department of ed and this the AEA have close relationships with the schools the ADA is does contracts in does with AT and works with the schools to implement training and other programs so they have they have. Experience in working with schools they have relations ships with schools and we felt like we could get a better participation rate if we work through a a E. a as opposed to directly doing this ourselves. It always troubles me when we have sole source contracts because we have decided that one entity is better suited for this than anybody else when we did not take the time to make sure that that entity could deliver for us now we're talking about ninety million dollars being delivered to a private entity. What legislative oversight would be in place to make sure that the private entity has done what it is supposed to do what is a memorandum of understanding saying. That they are to produce and if they do not produce is there a clawback back clause in it is we would of the contract how does it work because it's troubling to me that we were doing this in a sole source manner. Yes ma'am I'll let doctor maximum talk about the deliverables that we're going to have in the agreement that'll be well established. yes ma'am so what the CDC provided us as the State when the recipient of the funds VLC grant the epidemiology laboratory capacity grant or the lineal speaking a little too quickly for me I want to thank you also to we receive guidance from the CDC about how we were PDH was supposed to spend these funds and what requirements we had a both more porting standpoint you know the finance to the performance measures of the actual screening program so all of those aspects are covered and the memorandum of understanding the agreement that we have with a a E. a so there is this your requirement that we will have you don't reporting deadlines for finance requirements for any of spending as well as performance measures related to the screen programs so you've already promulgated the contract. I'm no not not at this time no ma'am we're it's in that we already have an agreement with a a EA so that means you've already promulgated contract we've developed a work plan we work with department of ed we've worked with a and develop an outline for an agreement but at this time we have not entered into that agreement it's it's part of the the draft work plan at this time well I think it's going to be important that you are a a E. a provide updates to this legislature about how that money is being spent on or whether we do it it each count up on a quarterly basis or something but somehow legislative oversight has got to be a part of this process as we are providing ninety million dollars to a private entity thank you Mr would you agree Sir yes ma'am thank you thank you. You senator of represented Eubanks. You're recognized for a question thank you Mr chair I've got the same concerns that senator Chesterfield has I don't understand what apartment that is and put this out as R. F. P. and I can see working with A. C. A. and implementing some of this stuff but the. It doesn't appear like we have any oversight that once we appear of the approved this item today. I make a motion. The representative C. thirty two not even sure that is. Mr hammers this but department health okay. Thank you they register. Thank Mr do you know what percentage of for maintenance operation overhead APA will be able to keep of that ninety million. Yes Sir I have it right here if you Miss seconds. I believe it's one point five million I can't seem to find it right. Right now the one point five million of the ninety million is budgeted toward indirect cost and and for that indirect cost what are they expected to do that will be covered in the rest of the contractor. Yes Sir they're gonna hire an individual to help coordinate the overall efforts around the state and working with the schools are a lot of reporting requirements required just administrative duties that will be required in working with all the school districts both private and public to to administer this grant and and deliver the outcomes that are required I'd like to get a copy of the contract that you very got worked up please so I can read yes Sir thank you. I thank the representative Wardlaw you're recognized. Mr I think of some of my concerns are the same as representive Eubanks but. What really concerns me is a week or so ago I had a lobbyist contact me. To meet with me about a particular vendor on this amount of money and that Bender had already worked out cost per test a book cost analysis and all kinds of things so it sounds like this contract soon as you guys give this money over to the administrative association over there they've already picked a vendor it's already sole source so. What what our concern is and what I hear from fellow members as we want to see it did we want to make sure that we get the best for our calendar we wanna make sure that our our students get the best available care possible. And that's not what we're hearing we're hearing just approve this this and this money over here and they're going to take care of it we'll that's not what we're telling you we want to see we want to see a bid we want to see the process take place of this thing is taken care of and right fair and safe manner. Yes Sir there has been some preliminary inst M. skews me information gathered on the potential vendors we've looked at several vendors and they have given us information about their ability to provide this service and The contract skews me the sub grant agreement will require the health department to have oversight of the selection of the final vendor to ensure that they meet all the criteria that is required in this grant. I may have a motion at the proper time. I'm thinking you may not be alone. So it. C. twenty two. That Senator Elliot yes it is Mr to have a short question thank you I just want to be clear about something I think the manner in which we're had handle in this grant. Are there other grants that are that are done like this with other education groups or at least one other. let our CFO Joe Thompson address that question. Good morning I'm Joe Thompson CFO Department of Health could you clarify are you asking does the department of health action actually my my question was for education on okay are you all still yeah I'll just wait okay. Thank you Mr chair I thank you senator members I think now we have some questions for department of ed we'll we'll take those and we'll get to a motions related to the specific items you're just second so. If you have a question for education go ahead you go. Are you talking to me Mr. No but I could to all. Not that that's okay that's okay I I will. Would you wanna go go ahead stay on if you've got a question for a yes I I do I do. And yes Sir if you go ahead recognized suffered committee and Senate really you're good to go since that's done. Jon Kate apartment education okay I have thank you Secretary key I kinda lost track of where where we were going here and so the isn't that the department of health is going to send a contract how does the money flow has a department of education made contracts with private entities and times before to do things on behalf of the department of education. Thank you in general in general yeah I'm just asking in general because I think this is not something I'm trying to be sure I understand this is not something that is it bothers me but I would want to be sure this is not something that's kind of been done before in general in general we annually we have some type of agreement where they be grant sub grants or contracts with entities such as a eighty eight provide very services that for instance a superintendent mentoring me a grant an example of a grant that we issue to a EA yeah Glanton and that's not is is it a grant that is not it's something that is sole source so to speak it's not a bid thank you life for it and they get it okay that's correct okay thank you for the clarification thank you Mr thank you senator representative gene you're recognized. Thank you Mr chairman. Secretary cater okay today. So far all right. you get on this one point two seven billion dollars. That if I read this right eight hundred and thirty five million of the American rescue plan has already come to the state. Yes that is the amount that has been made available in what they call RG five account that's just the treasury designation of those so that is the allocation at this point there's been made available we're only asking I hate to use the term only and five hundred million dollars in the same sentence but we're only asking for five hundred million dollars of that at this time we will come back later to ask for social school districts got ninety percent so they get seven hundred fifty one million dollars already now they don't have it it's available to them they are does the state have of the eighty three million that that ten percent of a hundred thirty five two do we have any of that money yet. All of that money is available subject to appropriation which is what you know what we're seeking here today okay and the the two million dollar plan is something we're going to do educational TV and stuff like that. Well this one this not this money's not going directly back to the school district is sub we're going doing a statewide level the well each district has to come up with their own plans so right now in in let me make sure that it's very clear this is a reimbursement process so they don't get the money up front of the two million dollars is for any expense that may be incurred for the remainder of this fiscal year that's why such such a small amount it we know their districts that are making commitments under the A. R. P. S. or program and we want to make sure we have sufficient funding to to fill out this fiscal year we think two million dollars will do that other five hundred million dollars is for FY twenty two and each district has to submit a acts to prepare plan has to be posted on the website they have to be engaged with their communities on developing that plan there is there are there are restrictions in the federal law and how this money can be used it must be reasonable and necessary expense related to covid. we are as the state agency are responsible for monitoring that we will be monitoring up front end throughout the process as as this is a reimbursement will be will be looking at this on a regular basis as as as money comes in and goes out to the school districts okay thank you thank you Mr chairman. Thank you have representative stringer you're recognized for a question. Thank you Mr thank you representative Jane for your questions to the secretary key I would just like to follow up during the budget hearings I did in fact have discussions with members of your staff with respect to the A. R. P. money and they indicated that her to tell a representative gene that basically you're going to be asking the did the reimbursement plan and you will be asking the districts to develop a plan and that you would be monitoring those plants during my discussions I asked specifically whether or not there would be any type of training what type of training have you had with districts specifically to tell them or you would like to tell them how assist them in developing a plan because I'm hearing that there are questions from there with respect to what they are going to be reimbursed for they don't quite understand that so I guess my question this after this long yeah the statement is that have you met with any of the districts have do you plan to meet with them and if so what is the process and do you have a plan developed in order to do that yes representative Springer we have had trainings and will continue to do so we've had trainings with federal program coordinators webinars soon calls with superintendents of other high level administrators in the district at that continues as needed we also have a the team is supporting our districts through the questions that come up we do know that not everybody can get on the web in our it's time so it's recorded it's made available the documentation that is required and the other information that is necessary as we get updates from US department of education we provide that information directly to the districts in this will be the funding is available for a three year period of time that's how long they have so we expect guidance to change we expect God is to be clarified I should say from US department education and each time we get a clarification we provide that information to the district's. Mister chair follow up. What is the date that the of is there a specific day thing that you pass districts to complete their plans in order to submit those to you so you'll know what it is that they're going to be asking for looking for timeline yes representative Springer week we have actually it's not I requirements as requirements of the federal law and they had to post their initial plan for continuity of services by April fifteenth twenty twenty one that would have been in Arkansas's case it and to settle context. Most states were not like Arkansas most states were not in person learning of for for this past school year and so a lot of the context of a R. P. Esther was to get school backing up and going well we've already been doing that hi so their plan for April fifteenth was just how would they update that for continuity of services the rest of the school year. Of eight June twenty fourth they are to submit signed assurances of that we referenced in the documents that we provided to staff. and then by August fifteenth are they have to have a plan for the use of of their funding so that's the initial deadline these plans have to be updated every six months so their plan is not set in stone as they identify student needs that are eligible expenditures under a R. P. S. R. then they can update their plan will be monitoring that making sure it stays updated on their websites and making sure that any. Questions that they have are answered properly who in last question Mister chair. Mr. One last question Mr who in your department is going to be responsible for that two of the B. miss Kaufman all right off thank you Europe. Start where we where are we we have a more Sir representative Dotson. Thank you Mr chair recognized I guess my question is this half a billion dollars that were were getting ready to distribute if I understand it correctly we have until twenty twenty three to spend this money so you're only asking for about half of it for the next fiscal year how is this going to be allocated across the state is it on a per capita or per student basis. The representantes in that allocation was made by the it in the legislation federal legislation according to of the title one distribution formula. So district's total one is based on a property within the the population the the census of this district and the the the funding is allocated that way so no regard for actual expenses is just. So if if the all of the expenses are not used what happens with the money. if if all of the if all the funds are not spent I mean we in that we already had a school for the last year and right a lot of these expenses of already been spent and reimbursed in districts have been dealing with this for over a year this seems like there's not going shouldn't be a whole lot of extra. Expenses I wouldn't think now that's that's an ongoing expenses and that's a fair concern I think. What's different about a R. P. S. Sir is its focus on the impact of covid with respect to loss learning. So even though we were on site the last school year we know their number of students that were not on site that were learning virtually or in some cases sign up for virtual and maybe the district saw very little engagement from a student so each district has to assess their data in determine what the needs are there and it's actually till twenty twenty four for this fund but they they are responsible for making sure that if it takes a year or maybe three years to address the loss learning impact that's part of what their plan has to deterrent determine and and carry out so that can this be used for broadband expenses technology expenses one device one student Spencer yes type thing yes teacher retirement no. I mean future insurance. So I don't think that either. All right I'm not sure who this is seat eighty. This. I can I'm not. Senator flowers okay that are you are you're recognized. It. Acting as the. School board for the public school district because it's under state. Control. And Dollaway school district has been annexed with public school district. What specifically do you. Are your office. We'll be Dylan. In terms of setting up these up. Plans for use of programs. In those to school districts. I don't have that detail information with me today we can provide that but I know we have a team of of of a professional education professionals at our own site on site of weekly almost daily at pine bluff and Dollaway in the plant and submit it. I have the plans been submitted not yet no they're still being developed. And how will you engage with the community. Well this through a number of means that with mainly the staff that's there on site that will be working again with Mrs Warren the superintendent she will be and has been engaged with community on a regular basis when the last time you engage with the community in pine bluff I would have to look to see when the last in this year. A twenty twenty one I don't think I've been down there this year now the plan to let to let go to pine bluff anytime soon. Well as I was supposed to be there today. This morning. So yes there are plans for me to to be there but sometimes they have to be rescheduled. So as school board. A representative for the that district public school district. Will you take. Special care to assess the needs of that district. And the annex district calendar away with it. Well the. As with any state takeover District the expectation is that the state appointed personnel that are there are the ones that are providing the information to me I for I don't act as a school board in the same manner that a school board does that's that's not contemplated under the statute but we certainly do have members of our team that are there as I said on a regular basis working with Mrs Warren and with her administrative team in teaching staff what can you tell me exactly what is contemplated under the statute. Of the appointment of personnel and implementation of plans that will. Take care whatever the issues were that determined that the state will determine were in violation of of The the standards such that state action was necessary and each district is going to be different. So are you trying to suggest that you. Individually as the commissioner of the department of a at. Are exonerated from any personal responsibility to that school district. I'm saying that under the statute when the the that the General Assembly is given the authority to the state board to waive certain laws from that and those laws often are the laws concerning school boards elected school boards and so that is not the same level of responsibility it is not the same level of of duty as an elected school board but you make the appointment of all your. People in your office. Right yes so you would have some oversight right I certainly do and the number of you regularly what's going on that they provide you. I do pass that there is yes thank you senator flowers will cut you off if you don't mind a bit more people in the queue to go at what Senate you want a few more questions please get back in the queue Senator Irvin you're recognized for a question. Thank you Secretary key thank you for providing this just a quick question based on what you provided here on the time line where it says U. S. department of education requires allocations to Eleazar by may twenty fourth and that works or asking for an extension can you just doesn't seem to fit in the timelines. and some just need I just was wondering about that yeah you're right it doesn't fit in that line of it is this is been one of the difficult things we've had to deal with the dealing with the US department education obviously as you know they they're transition for the with the new administration there been a number personnel changes there at that level and the the time lines that were in the A. R. P. S. for for education funding didn't really make that make a lot of sense may twenty fourth was the day that that they had estates to ensure that the the funding was available okay for the purpose of making sure that if there were any summer school needs or things like that districts could access however but they also recognize that each state has its own legislative process to go through and when they asked if we could meet that requirement we tell the I know we would need extension because we needed come seek the appropriation from this body okay okay thank you I I appreciate that thank you for that and and we just quickly if there is a I mean if this or if there is a quick guide that perhaps would be helpful to us as legislators when we're speaking with our school administrators and our school boards if they call us and ask questions about the plan or whatever which I'll be able to provide kind of maybe like a quick little one pager to us so that we can be helpful to our school boards in our school administrators that may call us I would I would love to have that for myself but I think it would be beneficial for us yeah we'd be happy to do that thank you so much. Representative garner you're recognized for a question thank you madam chair. Secretary key you know my issues for title one are we gonna have the same issues with this funding with some of our. In a word yes okay what are we what are we gonna do about that well we're monitoring that situation part of the state set aside is three percent for emergency or other needs so of the funds that we retain at the department level one that that is an option US. So on the surface it looks like these districts are being short changed instead of a like we did with Esther to where we had a had a supplemental amount we are going to monitor the situations with these districts and if they run into a situation where they need to do something and they don't have the funding for it we could issue a grant to them that's something that we've we contemplated this time right. So far I think we have twenty eight percent of Esther to funding that is being spent locally again with this funding being a three year timeline we will have time to see what the needs are we don't plan on spending all of the state set aside up front you know we will spend it would be very judicious in how we spend it to make sure that districts get what they need and the support they need from us but we also know that three years can be a a long time our Long horizon that we don't know all the unexpected issues that might pop up so we will be looking at that issue because of the title one district right thank you very much we've already heard from a couple. Thank you aggression thank you of members I think that's the end of the questions represent Wardlaw you're recognized for a motion thank you Mister chair Mister I make a motion to approve the of. First request ADA made for two million dollars a second request for six hundred thousand dollars and the DF and a disbursement quest for a hundred eight million two hundred twelve thousand five hundred sixty nine dollars and I would like to withhold the request or not approve the request for ninety million eight hundred ninety four dollars because it has a is a lack of a plan and in our detailed legislation was passed in the session it very well laid out and stipulation that a detailed plan must be submitted to the peer subcommittee for any of these type of request so with that I'd make that motion. Thank you represent Wardlaw on this just clarification and we do have a second but the motion is just to approve the request of items C. one AC one B. and C. one C. there's really silent on the then at that point not not to disapprove a just silent on that particular item we've got a second any discussion on the motion. Seeing none all those in favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries. All right next up. Okay we're going to do this associ to what just so we kind of keep things in order a little bit better I will he's going to present it's one of the items and then I'll just go through each one ABCD whatever for questions that way we can are not calling people back and forth and so does everybody understand that I'll ask for questions on a C. two a there's no questions when you see to be that sort of thing everybody good thank you. Thank you Mr chairman Alan C. two is a fiscal year twenty two requests for American rescue plan appropriation the first item is a request for Arkansas tech university their quest one point one million appropriation to spend federal American rescue plan funds the funds be used for emergency financially grants to students they have more information on the next page. in this document how requests and this information breaks and how the request has been utility will be used exclusively for summer twenty twenty one emergency financial aid according to the documents students with exceptional needs will be prioritized such incidents on Pell grants for our undergraduates with extraordinary financial circumstances Maximo workforce to that qualifies to be fifteen hundred dollars the next item is on page five requests for the department of commerce this is Arkansas developmental development finance authority and this is for six point three million in the fund to be used to assist homeowners that have experience financial hardship peering at pier entails the approved requests for homeownership assistance fund program last month that was for the current fiscal year this is for the next fiscal year. Nicks items on page six this is the department of education elementary secondary education it's request for five hundred million a similar to their two hundred I'm sorry two million a request in the last sections the funds be used to safely reopen schools for the next fiscal year and again the department provided a one page document is behind the request for more information. That is on page seven the next request is on page eight this is for the department of education school for the blind and it's four two hundred seventeen thousand these funds be used to safely open sustained the safe operation of schools. Again the next request is for the school for the deaf this on the next page page nine it's four two hundred and ten thousand and it's the same request to use funds to reopen operate schools. On page ten is request for the department education this is PBS it's four six hundred thousand appropriations been those federal American rescue plan funds this request we continue the appropriation provided in fiscal year twenty one to produce and broadcast program into the next fiscal year. Next page page eleven this for the department of education Arkansas State Library and this request for two point six billion these funds be used to respond to the pandemic by supporting digital content for education health and workforce development needs and provide assistance to libraries next item is Page twelve this department of finance and administration budget and management it's request for one million sixty two thousand these funds be used to provide shelter housing and services to victims of family violence. Next item page thirteen it's for the Department health this is the the next fiscal years installment for that same request we just went over in fiscal year twenty one it's request for ninety million eight hundred ninety four thousand appropriation and this request to continue the appropriation providing fiscal twenty and for the screening testing program and K. through twelve schools into the next fiscal year. On page fourteen is the department of energy environment it's request for thirty million these funds be used for the low income energy assistance program. And on page fifteen is the department of finance administration disbursing officer this is a request for a hundred eight million this is a continuation of the fiscal year twenty one requests provide funding for local governments under fifty thousand population to meet local needs. On page sixteen is for a request for the department of commerce is Arkansas Economic Development Commission and its request for a hundred fifty million these funds be used to continue the commission's broadband programs to employer improve infrastructure in unserved communities and I Mister chair we have another request on the supplemental agenda and that is Page eight on the supplemental agenda. This is for this is B. to a home page eight of the bill agenda for Arkansas state university it's request for ten twenty million and this is similar to their fiscal year twenty one request these funds be used to provide emergency pole emergency support to students and support institutions of higher education there's one more question civil engineer for fiscal twenty two that's on page nine. It's for the department of finance administration disbursing officer it's request for ten million appropriation to spend federal American rescue plan funds and these funds be used to continue the contract with C. T. E. H. for oversight mention of cares Act funding and now I'm here American rescue plan funds CCH will make recommendations provide oversight guidance created database to assist in tracking auditing and various other tactics. Mr those roller question constituencies. C.. Members are gonna back up real quick and this is on the supplement to supplemental agenda item for C. one for a issue a issue a what would it be because the way we made that motion earlier we were only opting specific items and so do we have any questions if you can if you're if you're not on that when a back up one more time which is I'm gonna announce C. two AC to be what I say C. two eight any questions your button if no one answer but nominee to C. B. C. two B. but don't go ahead hit your button right now if you don't have a question one of those items but in backing up the supplemental item for C. one we need to consider that since it wasn't considered in the previous motion when the question we have a motion to approve the supplemental agenda item for C. one we've got a second all those in favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries and I'm going to go to see to a. C. thirty two. Recognized for a question on C. two a thank you Mr chairman I just want some clarification make sure I'm this is all money this coming of the American rescue plan act correct. Yes Sir. We're each of the supposed to have a detailed The detail process in place for exactly how the money was going to be utilized or is it just covered in the statement purpose for the grant. I a I think there's a little bit of both to that some of this stuff is very specific as far as what the feds allow the moneys to be utilized for and so in my opinion that may cover at some of what we required legislation but we do have someone here from university to answer questions if you have a specific you know specific questions on this particular item or don't feel like it covers or is there or not. So would be allowed to ask each one of them to submit what they're detailed plan for how the intend to disperse the funds other than just the two or three line sentence that we have on each one of the sheets. I mean in in so I think in your packet some of them do have a more detailed schedule have a plan on utilizing the funds it looks like tech is not and that they have they have done that again I we we can do it item by item and when that comes up that particular item comes up you can ask if they have a detailed plan we can go through that I think would be the easiest thing to do that that's fine I'll just ask offline for I just wanna make sure I was down the right trail okay thank you. I do we have any questions on C. two AA. Right to sing number gonna move to see to be we questions for. After. Seeing none. C. two C.. C. nine C. two day. C. nine C. two E.. F.. G.. Represent Dotson you're recognized thank you Mr chair I just had a question it in the the little paragraph is talks about Some of the ways this these funds are going to be disbursed to a certain extent but not with a lot of detail is there someone here that can speak to how these funds will be dispersed And what equitable equitable approaches means. I'm not recognized from anywhere but anyone here from Arkansas State Library. So you'll do. It would recognize. I just want education. so Greg. Talks in here says this is to help communities respond directly to media it immediately to the pandemic. I guess are these federal funds from the The New federal A. R. P. plan and what does it mean by these will be done by equitable probe through equitable approaches so yes these are A. R. P. funds it was through the library and museum services where State Library are to get some federals funding and these these funds are to be used as the state lobby to grants to the county smile I rate the smaller libraries and what they mean by a court approaches we had to find a way to see how it impacts the smaller ones as well as those big is make sure that all the libraries that may had a loss of funding need to improve their broadband whatever losses they may have in that local community because a lot of communities that might be the only place they had access to internet services so we have so the state library is coming up with grants to how they're going to get those out to the local libraries said so we already have certain grant criteria in that we've been disbursing funds with yes and this is going to fall on the same grounds yes okay thank you. I thank you any questions any other questions on item G.. Any questions on item H.. Seeing none item. I represent Wardlaw. You're recognized Mr I just. It's proper time I'd like to make the same motion regarding this item members this is this is the same item that we we did not approve previously. Same amounts same dollars. Are any other questions on I. Not seeing on J.. C. nine K.. Serving you're recognized for a question on K.. Okay is this the one with C. T. H. okay which one is that when. It's on the supplemental okay I have a question for that when we get okay all right no no worries or any questions on K.. Any questions on. That represented Dotson you're recognized. This is on J. I think you're about to say that. Okay maybe I did this is in staff may be able to answer this is this an additional hundred and fifty million for broadband or is this just a continuation of. Of what we already approved last year. Okay which one we on J.. Hundred and fifty million I thank. Environmental quality sorry. I had your honor circled the wrong I circled in I thought it was a L. sorry no worries. All right okay do any questions on K.. And now we'll get to you represent Dotson L. the hundred fifty million for broadband is this additional funding will staff may not know I'm not sure. These are A. R. P. funds it'll be distributed for this purpose if it's approved I have to defer to the agency provide more information okay. We have anybody that can come in answer questions relation to item L. from the Department commerce. You can just go ahead recognize yourself of the committee and then we'll get further questions of the representative Dotson you're still going right. All right. Thank you Mr chairman Mike Preston secretary of commerce. Stephen Porges active robin manager for commerce and chief legal counsel for commerce. So the answer the question but. It sounds like this is an additional hundred and fifty million dollars that was not previously approved is that. Correct understanding knows that there's a hundred twenty million improved an already spent from the chairs funding this would be to continue the program this is the then if I need of a hundred fifty million. So it this is a hundred fifty on top of the one twenty that's already been spent corrects already been spent yes for so this program will continue in the same. In the same vein that you've already set up the the yes the legislatively approved rules have already been are out there will have to tweak the rules to conform with the new guidance from the A. R. P. but aside from that will be sent to the same program how how much are we going to have to tweak the rules for. Well on like the cures act which allowed us a greater latitude in using different types of technology such as fiber of course but fixed wireless we could use those technologies to get people at a twenty five three level the new federal guidance for our pools are going for the R. P. act is that we focus more on a fiber distribution opposed to a fixed wireless distribution in doing that we will have to amend our rules to reflect that that's what we're looking for and the areas in the rules state very specifically what are in unserved and underserved area is that these funds can be applied to and those are areas where their users do not have a wire line connection of at least twenty five three. we have worked with a company called cost quest and vetro which has outlined a map I don't know if you receive that map I've sent that map over here yesterday morning but if not I have a I have a Our point is I could bring up and show you the map if that's necessary for me to do. But this hundred fifty million will How much. Of the state will this get us down the road in our our a direction toward getting broadband everywhere. Well in talking with consequence the one that did the analysis they told us they've done it now and analysis over the. Wired connections for Arkansas the total cost to cover the entire state of Arkansas which would be the the gray areas I'm sorry you don't have a copy of the map but like I said I can put it up there I did Senate to be L. are to be distributed of the total cost of that is about five about five hundred plus billion dollars about half a million I have from a half a billion dollars to be able to complete Arkansas and that's not touching any of the areas that have been awarded aren't all funding this is just the areas that are not covered by art all funding which I sent the map which cannot talk about a map that you don't have but if someone would bring the computer up here I can do is I can show you the map I broke the state down into four quadrants or what it will cost for each quadrant northwest northeast southeast and southwest so I guess the if I may Mister the final question on this that I have anyway because I've got your map down from a somebody just handed to me so as far as these four quadrants are concerned is this hundred fifty million going to be distributed amongst those four different cop what trends or equally amongst the four different quadrants or is it. Going to be concentrated in one area over another. We try to focus on the entire state the. Our situation and being a grant program we can only find what we receive and so we're hoping that we will see a lot of applications that spread out throughout the state that's what we did with our cares Act funding we've allow we spread those seventy six projects across the state and that way was it even distribution we're hoping that the same thing will occur in this matter what we will need the county judges and mayors as well size piece to partner up for these particular areas and what we would do to make sure that they focus on these areas as we're going to post this map to our website so they'll know the areas of focus and the attention as well as the estimated cost allocation for each area we estimate that it's about two hundred and thirty five thousand people that reside in the in those gray areas. Also and that's the art off awarded areas or yes are not eligible areas okay we did not touch of. Well those are the gray areas that are not are not forty so it's revert so the ones that are are off are the already served areas the ones that are not art off areas on this map are the ones that are eligible for these funds to be upgraded right the gray areas of the ones that are eligible for the are funding the purple areas are what was awarded through art off to those areas. And then the brown areas or the areas that are already served by at least a wireline of twenty five three. Thank you. Thank representative seat seventy four. Thank you chairman I just has more on this a representative Bentley on a hundred fifty two hundred fifty may so you haven't received at applications for any that money get it we have a lot of any grants yet to for any that hundred fifty million at this point we have a plan in action for that hundred fifty million any. Grasping receipts received by you guys applications received yet for that money is we check the queue to see what applications we currently have and we have a proximate Li thirty million dollars in applications that we believe is ready with very minor tweaks that fit in these gray areas the problem is we have not been able to push out rules on this issue the rules of the federal guidance that we got we just got it I'm letting people know what that guidance is and what needs to happen with any projects they are currently in our queue and we're trying our best to communicated well once we let them know exactly what we're dealing with and what these grey areas all of which we have the maps now which we're going to pose I expect just like we did with the cares Act there we're going to get a flood of applications coming in but we do have some now and represent there's also in the queue about a hundred fifteen million these are all from the the previous funding the cares of the initial one hundred twenty million so we had to stop because we have a funds the additional request that came in as the judgment and there's about thirty that fit based on the new guidance there's another by a hundred fifteen million to don't necessarily qualify that we need some additional tweaks the cost and those are probably going to go up because as you mention some of those were fixed wireless they will have to go to a fiver instead and that's going to drive the cost up so well there is that many request it's going to go above that in terms of what's in the queue one quick follow up chairman if I can. Just do we have an overall plan of high priority areas do we have something in place is that these are higher purchasers and others or just every area that greater opportunity for us to just one of we have a plan of action I think every area in the in that gray areas priority because it's currently under served as defined by the statute. Thank you. All right representative Wardlaw you're recognized thank you Mr so when we were in the American rescue committee a few weeks ago you guys talked about different types of projects and one of the different identifiers for shovel ready and if I remember right there was a number of like thirty million dollars that was in this request for those shovel ready projects that I did I hear that correctly and I have a follow up Mr. Mr grant so and then there was a statement made after that in the original request just so the committee knows was for three hundred million it wasn't four hundred fifty and in that same presentation you said you needed this big pot of money to get the attention of the ISP so that they would apply and you can look then is that the question was asked nothing was Senator Ingram actually asked it was what is our inventory and and I actually really like that word inventory we're talking about broadband and you said we really don't know and we need this pot of money to get to get these folks to apply judge can you elaborate on what that meant and what you were alluding to in you and I had a phone conversation and someone have talked about this big can you elaborate on that so the committee understands what you're talking about by that pot of money and why you need those folks to respond. Well this is what I was talking about I wasn't talking about we need a pot of money and then execute a plan with it what I was talking about is that we have a plan the plans always been to serve unserved and underserved areas as indicated on on the maps that is being presented there are actual need is over a half a billion dollars what we're trying to do is to build an interest the money we use is going to be directed to these gray areas that are on our map it's not one that we didn't have a plan it was just to go ahead and build the interest of it and exercise the plan that we have the Broadcom was probably in office has always looked for those underserved and unders unserved areas now we have a little more focus on it with the guidance that we received it for these are funds now we just need the money to show people that we as we we have a plan. And we need you to feel these areas to fill it. Well if they don't think that we have the funds for they're not going to apply. So by having the funds this is our planned showing that plan on the map we are expecting people to start rolling in applications based on the areas that we say are of need okay so in those Mr I could have a little attitude. In that map that you have we've all ask and I've heard multiple members asked over the last months for me we ask last year when we looked at putting a hundred million we did put a hundred million over. Where is that map showing those gray areas as you put it are those underserved areas because I know and I've heard stories from every member in here I know in Southeast Arkansas my district Dallas County when you leave the city of Fordyce there's nothing there's no cell service no internet there's nothing and I know west side of Warren is the only underserved area and Bradley County so I'm not seeing that on any maps and I know like I said I talked to Senator Elliot well ability Pulaski County there's greater users places even here in Little Rock that doesn't have significant internet so we have places even in the populated areas don't have internet. So how do we know without a doubt. This money is going to be spent only in those areas so that when we get finished and we have no money we look back and we for failed internet in places that do not have it when we started. Do you this representative warlock did you receive the map there was forty two U.. I got a map when we were in the steering committee meeting I have not seen one since then. I apologize for that I was told that a map was sent to you based on our conversation that we had members there is a map of sent out last night that's in that's in your inbox so going in and I'm looking at it now and I applaud it may not have seen it completely understand that it was too late but that is part of our package because we are to build back in the seats quite large as it stands right now that staff to redo that last night we did not do you have an email that did some of the the map for you. Mr talk come back at a later time. Senator Irvin you're recognized. Thank you again appreciate the conversations I've also had with you about this issue that and so just just a point on on the map that was sent and that and members you can look under a lease or Curtis and your email think that's too since the map from the happy to forward it to you if you didn't get it but just add notes on your power points as some of the counties are included on the graphic part but on the list to the side I think it cut them off so like Stone County where I live which is one of the really great areas and I had a lot of gray in it on my her point it's not listed and I think it's probably because it got cut off so I have no idea that dollar amount for Stone County I see that it's with Baxter clay Cleburne crack head but if you'll look it's Stone County is not listed there and that company also the case on some of those other so I would need more information. or I'd like to know the dollar amount because it's where I live and that might also be the possibility down here with your bottom slide so I think it just cut him off perhaps but. I really think we need to make sure we know all that information on how much that's going to be to get us to where we're at and then if you can get that for me we don't stones twenty three point nine its role in the print one seem to use the formatting and the it may just be the formatting on the email that I received okay I don't have that but I'm just going off of the email I and I can text it to you so if I can get a copy of that that be great and then just follow up is cost quest to develop these maps for you are they going to be arguing that you have a contract with them are they tracking like the results of the grant program and then plugging in to update maps or how how does that relationship work with you all in cost quest and. And and is is there going to be a tool to update us like once these grants are funded and completed that we can see I can get some follow up on what representative Wardlaw was talking about. The answer to that is yes I have a meeting with cost quest to see what we could develop a that will allow us to really put the programs of the projects rather onto a map as they are completed so that there will be something for everyone to be able to see. The progresses things going the same way that we put on our website that we have these projects awards we're going also show that on the map and show which ones are completed now the maps will be a little slow in the completion part of it because distributing fibers going to take awhile for it to be done but as we get the grants awards out we can place that on a map insurer body where this looks like as well as listed now so that you have but I'm planning on having a very fruitful conversation we've had a preliminary conversation about it. This is something that they can do and that's what I understand from Mike Wilson who's the vice president of costs quest and venture was the one that puts together the mapping of it so yes ma'am we plan on making sure that this committee or any other committee as well aware of what we're doing and how we're doing it okay and then just follow up and is it so so that's part of the administrative costs that you have for this program for broadband for your broadband office and then they're under contract to provide this is that correct that's and that's the purposes me okay so and then just follow up I mean it because that is you know again you know is there I would like to see you know and that and we stated this with the rule broadband ID program is connecting at an utilizing our state dollars the best way we possibly can and I'm going to consider these new federal dollars as close state but being able to really connect that with the additional federal pots of money is so important because that's the only so I I want to see like an aggressive approach on how we're going to figure out how to do that I know that some of our you know businesses have been very aggressive I mean the north Arkansas electric cooperative is just a stellar example of that as is yell caught but there's but they've just been super successful in getting a lot of federal money pulled into the states so my big my big concern is making sure that you know this is a seamless approach to where we can encourage them not just to apply for our programs that to apply for those federal programs where the big Bucks are and so I I guess I want to see a more aggressive approach on that with our stakeholders so that's just the. Thing and and I don't know if that's something that costs closed or this other group has experience in without reach and things like that but I'll follow up with you on that but I'm real interested date follow up with you after your conversations with them thank you senator thank you senator C. fifty three. Thank you. I guess one of the things that I think we you talked the other day about the thirty million dollars that you had already ready to go all you needed was the funding and then a hundred fourteen million that's kinda iffy so I don't know that did we ever get a list of of who those what those projects are that are kind of iffy and and what that what that determination will look like to make sure that those projects can proceed. One of the things that you know we're talking about a half a billion dollars here. In addition to what it would cost and what the federal money might be just coming in for this is also the department of agriculture motor department coverage money cities and counties and all these I so I guess from my standpoint what I've always hoped is that we would have some mechanism where we have an opportunity to sit down and kind of figure out what everybody's got out there and how do we make sure that we are coordinating all of these different efforts because we do know there's a lot of money out there and I think at the end of the day we all would like to make sure that the needs have been met but I don't think it's necessary that only the dollars come from this three or five hundred million dollars that we might get that there are a lot of different races resources out there and we need to figure out a way to coordinate these things I'm a little disappointed that all of us have been seeing that map because this is something we've been talking about for weeks and months where is that map and you know I've not on this committee but I'd certainly like to have no right to be able to see that but there has to be a process where we have more conversations rather than maybe you just coming to this committee meeting and giving us a presentation. That none of us have seen before does that make sense I'm sorry to be critical but I I think this broadband thing across the United States and particularly here in the state of Arkansas is so critically important to everything we do into the world that we want to be so I would like to make sure that we are having some real coordinated effort throughout state government that makes us. The have the best use of all the dollars that are out there thank you Senator for for the question in a let a judge follow up just a couple and they had a couple questions in their first yeah the the list of the thirty million there shall ready that was made available as is the list of ones that potentially would work but they're gonna need some additional support or help based on the The New A. R. P. guidance that was provided on food ended up going out to the entire body the legislature to provide to the committee and also just got a note that well the power point with the map went out to the committee they're now sending that through BLR to the entire legislature so that should be something that is is available for you all to look at now let the judge talk a bit more about the a coordinated effort but I think that what Senator urban's point was was well taken is yes these are a lot of funds and and will work with many different entities I think it's it's very telling that some of the feedback that we received from other states including a most of our neighbors that how Arkansas handle that first round through that A. R. P. was kind of a model in other states like Texas Louisiana Oklahoma are looking to what we did is we are so effective in that first round of funding we have to do so again but it will take a coordinated effort I think the real ID program was a big help to that to make people aware of what's out there because this is limited in the note dollars that we have there's a lot bigger funding Senator Irvin mentioned in the federal funds are out there that's what we don't have any overlapping that so we have the maps or working with so it has been a very coordinated effort us doing that we certainly welcome additional dialogue to make that happen all that judged elaborate a little further thank you secretary yesterday I sent a written the maps over to bill are requesting that everyone in the legislature get it not just the committee members so I again I apologize for that not getting to you and I can make sure when I leave here that you get that but in line with with secretary Preston says we are trying our best to make that concerted effort and we from my. I met with people I've even met with the electric coops last week to talk about their bill down and how can they become aggressive in the maps that I provided. The gray areas do not interfere with the purple areas which have been awarded art all funds because we want that to happen is going to take six years for that to happen we are not funding what we're trying to work and coordinate with them to make the best use of the money that we have now and that's been our goal in doing that but I so welcome and and any invitation from anyone to sit down and talk about what you feel could be a better and more productive direction to go so I want to put that out there if there's a place you like me to go some people would you like me to talk to and see in the interactive have dialogue with I'll be more than happy to be the be there at any time. That's good I think you're in the proper committee for that I think it was just some timing issues on when those members maps when out so you're having a lot of questions today on those were some members didn't realize it was in the inbox or whatever it may be we probably should have a discussion about that not just with you but with some other agencies that may have not is submitted a plan that was in spirit of I think the legislation that was passed prior you know in in the session with that. Where we have Senator Hammer you're recognized for a question thank you Mr over here to the left the question I'd have when I visit with providers you know Wetherby Aristotle Windstream the call option there seems to be maybe a little bit of concern that depending on which type of delivery they offer whether it's wireless or whether it's off the back bone that the money that's going to be awarded may be directed toward certain methods which would leave some out some of that seems to be driven by the conversation at the federal level as far as what they may allow it the federal level is that something that you're taking in consideration with the plan that's before us or how are you making adjustments to accommodate that if that's reality. Thank you senator is and that's what we we talked about that there's in the first round of cares it was open to more delivery methods in the a a RP it's it's only five or so we've made a request to treasury to ask for additional guidance on that because we utilize fixed wireless if it hits the or other methods if it hits the hundred hundred requirement as opposed to the twenty five three it was in the cares that officer makes a little a lot more difficult fiber being the easiest way to to to do that so are there have been those restrictions but yes we are making folks aware of that as part of the the plan follow up missed share okay follow up to a hundred fifty that's up for discussion today though are there any limitations or restrictions that would knock out any to providers and by method of how they deliver the services. The answer to that is yes the federal guidance only allows us to use fiber and so if we're going to use our money we're going to have to use fiber in those unserved and underserved areas so all those that use the the wireless weather chair style whatever they're not going to be considered in this and how's that going to delay the delivery of the product at the expeditious rate that we all expected to get done by. We'll of course fixed wireless is it a quicker method then fiber is. As far as how long it's going to take it's going to depend on the area what our goal is and what was the goal in the cares that funding is that we are looking for ISPs they can provide us an aggressive deployment timeline and that's what what we're going to ask for in this one as well who can get it done quickly and efficiently but the whole of United States is doing this so there are supply chain delays and issues that's going to affect how quick we get things out there so our goal is to monitor them to stay on them and to make sure that they honor our grant agreements when we enter into them with them that they'll finish by a certain date we try to make that is is as aggressive as possible thank you. Senator Irvin you're recognized. Thank you I just want to follow up on what I'm hearing and and I think what's important to all of us again as making sure things are correct and so I'm interested in in your relationship with cost question others but I'm that has made me think through this and that I think it's important that We are very coordinated with this offer and if you need assistance to become more coordinated and more aggressive with the stakeholders and to get more outreach than perhaps you should consider hiring somebody to council and help in that effort to make sure it maps are efficient and done correctly and and that reflect exactly what's going on and so you know I think I think it's I think what you're hearing you know is this is a problem that we want to be solved and we want it solved as quickly as possible we don't want to under build infrastructure we want to make sure that if it's a hundred hundred then it's gonna be able to meet a hundred a hundred right off the bat it's just like when my husband's I go by me is skill saw and I went and bought a to wall because I knew it would last for life instead of one that was cheaper so I think that's that's kind of where our legislature is we want to get this done we don't want we understand that there's constraints and can on on this money but maybe fiber is what we need to do but we need to figure out a more aggressive approach to get that fiber in the ground to those under served areas because as you know telemedicine and being able to send images are is really critical you have to have fiber for the for telemedicine in healthcare and imaging and things like that so I think I think you we need to explore and in my opinion I think I'd be best to explore working with consultants and I've been on council conferences with lots of them in the past year and a half and so I just think I'm in the deferred a representative for law for a motion but I'll be supportive of of being a more comprehensive idea and strategy that gives us the ability to work with you and that's what you're this legislature wants a partnership with department of commerce on solving this problem as aggressively and as quickly as possible thank you Mr child or for. To represent Wardlaw. Thank you see okay all right members I think that's all the questions that we have on item L. we do have two additional items for preparation question twenty twenty two those are supplemental do we have any questions on B. two a Arkansas state university. That's a supplemental. I'm not be not enough okay yes let's be to a in your supplemental. Page eight. You get a supplemental package is probably on the top of when you walked in. Page eight. A. J. eight is were we'll find. The to a for a issue. Do you have any questions on B. two a. So right now we're just in the process of taking questions when I have a motion front of this and so I know there's a couple items that are probably not going to be voted on today and they're probably recommendation that's to come in relation to one of the items but right now I just wanna make sure there but it's got a chance to ask any questions they have on any of the items and right now would be to a and about the but to call it. All right so now would be to be. Page nine and that's on page nine representative Dotson you're recognized for a question on B. two B.. Thank you Mr chair this this question I'm not sure if it'll be able to be answered by staff but is this This is the originally the contract that we approved that cares for was a four million dollars. Last year. Roughly four million I don't recall some but Senator Irvin who is on the Committee saying yes okay so this is the an additional ten million on top of that that original contract or is this We just adding to that contract a previous project was to to audit and track those cares funding they want to continue the contract to do A. R. P. funding. So it's an additional ten million on top of that. Thank you senator Evan you're recognized for a question. Yeah and this is to the FNA on that item it this is probably one of the things that I think we should have done at the very beginning of the cares money when it came to the state of Arkansas but I would like some specifics I know that the original we had an original amount that was contact with C. T. H. and this is this is you know more than double that original so I think we need to probably get a little bit more detail about what you're doing here but I know the other mainly they were brought in to deal with the money that was going to the cities and the counties and to be able to track that money and to help them apply for the money in an easier way and so I think this is just I want you to give me more detail number one about the ten million dollars and and what we've gleaned from the first go around right with the four million spend with them and then secondly. Why isn't this being used I think in other areas or is it going to be used in other areas of spent. All of the indifferent Office account. We're requesting this money to continue to work with C. Tekken Haggerty there are multiple fashions the first being that we need to develop a tracking mechanism a reporting mechanism for the phones as we go through and spend one point five seven billion dollars. Of these projects that we're talking about this point are going to be more very than what they were in the past there's no more. It has to be done on each product process for each proposal determine whether or not it meets the criteria we're going to have to rely on their expertise more so than we did in the past as you mentioned the first one point two five billion a lot of that went to the cities and counties of where most of this money will be used to at the state level for state processes a proposal. So there's gonna be a workload they're much greater own of the staff of the FAA and openly so the staff at the agency level as they tried to bring these proposals to us and quite frankly the we don't have brought the band with to do that right you're going to have to have more interaction with them. Of. So so all agencies if if an agency in a state agency develops a plan a proposal a prop program whatever it's all now going to be run through C. CD eight T. H. is that correct through this process well this for this appropriation it will be if that money is being requested from executive steering committee that is in charge of the one point five seven billion right if it's monies directly coming to the state agency itself and not private one point five seven then they will need to come forth with their own a contract amendment right to the statewide contract that we're developing and then bring an appropriation requests for that particular right to proceed to your for you for that right but what I'm what I'm talking about is like department of commerce if we have another business related grant program it will now be managed more under this entity that corrects the sentence depends on the source of the funding if I have something to write record from the feds then that would not be part of this program I understand I understand what I'm saying though is if a state agency brings forward a proposal that is going to be funded by this one point five seven billion dollars it's all now going to be housed under their oversight or capabilities for tracking and data collection and all of that verses when we did the carriers money we brought this group in only to deal with the city and the county money so what you're saying now is they're gonna be responsible for any and every program whether whether only if it's from this pot of money so Department events get their own pot of money that's separate from this but if DHS brings forward a program for veterans associations for instance a. Okay may use what we've already done so now C. T. age this contract will help guide the administration of that is that correct it would. Yes and no of not trying to confuse your bill so this this appropriations will be tied to the administration of the funds and working with the executive steering committee to determine whether they want to prove that or not if this back and look talk about commerce as you said they have the contract with a couple of vendors that they're working with the health and determine where to put the phone or the of broadband the money is in okay well if you say you're Mister Committee said with like a second opinion of a or we like somebody review that for us and give us an opinion then the executive steering committee would use this appropriation and funding to do whatever requests they might have and that would run through the office of the county and we would help them do that process okay so it's an administrative fund for us to use the support the exact steering committee on one point five seven right no I understand that I just that's why I want to clarification because because we had some programs that went fine but others ran into some issues and problems with the way it was administered correct I mean that's not that's fair and it was a new thing for us to do but the ready for business grants you know there was a lot of issues with that so I think this is I just wanted more information about this I think that's a good idea I mean and I think I think this is a good idea I just wanna make sure that's touching all of that area versus just one section okay thank you. Thank you senator Chesterfield you're recognized for a question yes thank you Mr chair now that I know what C. T. whatever it is is a. Which was foreign to me Once again we're looking at a private entity is that correct as for. What is the oversight going to be how will we know what they're doing what are you gonna do to inform us as a legislature that the money's being spent as it should be spent I guess that's my concern with all of these private entities every using centers but this or you know various entities what is gonna be the role of the legislature in making sure that this money is being spent properly will you be reporting to us on a timely basis as to how it's being spent how will we know once we say yes to the money. Yes ma'am. So to file. First and foremost this this this group is actually to see take care either and have a memo of understanding that they're working together to process and provide this contract the delivery to us. But they will be working with the executive steering committee which has representation from the legislature on that that makes a recommendation to come to the legislature and be approved for the appropriation to spend the dollars on the program so we will have legislative oversight that's my great. Forty nine back in a website where you can look at things okay that will help us build web portal out for this particular program they have in the past for the other and if they don't do it do we have clawbacks in the thank you can't school employer Max little bit closer or do we have clawbacks in the in the contract in case they are doing what they're supposed to do. No but I don't invoice or not delivering what we've asked liver to us so in the action is back pay them. Okay I just want to make sure that if the work is not done we can get our money back well we just will pay the money now okay gotcha thank you thank you. All right members I do not see any questions any additional questions on any of the items representative Wardlaw you're recognized for motion. Thank you Mr the motion would be to include all items including the the supplemental agenda with the exception of I in ill to be approved and fully funded. So the motion is to approve all twenty twenty two appropriation request with the exception of I and L. that would include the supplemental agenda. We've got a second any discussion on the motion seeing none all those in favor signify by saying aye All those opposed motion carries a representative Vaught you're recognized for motion. M. I'd like to make a motion for C. two L. that the D. F. and I would submit submit a new letter approving atom C. two L. in the amount of thirty million to be taken up by the full A. L. C. at its meeting on Friday and that the remaining a hundred twenty million of this request be resubmitted to the A. R. P. steering committee with a detailed plan before bringing it back to a LC thank you members just kind of rehash that we've got a motion to recommend that DFA submit a new letter for thirty million relation to item C. two L. to be considered at the Friday meeting. We got a second any discussion on the motion in question signals in favor signify by saying aye those opposed the motion carries at and this is for agencies that are here and I was already had some leave but if you look through I have you know what's been submitted some of them very good and thorough job submitting a plan and they're really what weren't very many questions they're also mothers also some others that were in the packet to do not submit detailed plans didn't have much questions but I think what you've seen so far is members trying to understand what's going on at that plane were in the packet it would make my life easier in your life easier so moving forward if we can be a little bit more detail than what you're submitting I think it would help both of us and the members with that we're going to move to. In the yes section D. N. in you're recognized. Thank you Mr we're in section D. these are the cares appropriation request these are all for fiscal year twenty two. The first item is a letter from the Department chance remission share services the Division of information systems it's request increase appropriation by thirty three million the senatorial be used to continue the cybersecurity data modernization Pro Bowles will be approved by the care string Committee. The next item is for Arkansas PBS it's a request to increase appropriation by three point two million this request is also to continue efforts to begin a fiscal year twenty one according to the letter appropriation was approved in fiscal twenty one to expand the broadcast footprint of the signal to ninety nine point five percent available homes. Three point two million spent or is requested for the next fiscal year because the project will not be complete by June thirtieth the leading those delays for approval from the US for service for certain tower locations delays in beating a structural repairs and problems in the supply chain have pushed this project the fiscal year twenty two. The next item is for the department of commerce this is Economic Development Commission it's requests for four million and Elise's to continue the commission's administrative support for the deployment of broadband in rural communities the letter explains administrative support consists of part time extra help position and professional fees for contracted technical support on reviewing plans the next item D. for a for the commission also was pulled by the agency request written skip over that one. And move to the next request which is for the division of workforce services it's requests increase appropriation by twenty five million and they will use this to continue to response unemployment needs as a result of COVID nineteen which includes implemented pandemic unemployment assistance program the services of protect and call center services provided by maximus federal. And Mister Bills raw the request for cares. Hi representantes on the this just like we did the last time that we we don't pull the wrong agency up and get everybody kind of Adeline so if we can any questions on the one. C. ninety questions on the two. Represent Dotson you're recognized for a question on item due to. So this. Arkansas PBS this three point two million dollars. Is this a a continuation reappropriation of what of the five million dollars that we. Approved last year for this purpose is second removed into a new fiscal year the have to have a new to speak authority for okay so it's it's just unexpended funds that rollover thank you. Are any additional questions on the two. Any questions on the three. R. and D. for. All right C. nine. I'm sorry for skip over the five representantes you're recognized for a question on the five. Thank you Mr chair it I'd just had a question is this have anything to do with the thirty five million dollars that was approved during session for upgrading their system. Or is this something entirely different yeah. All rights we have anyone here from work for services that can help the question. If you could just recognize yourself for the committee in and if you can restate your question. Sri's Chilvers division of workforce services. Dr Childress to write. So my question on this this twenty five million dollar quest is this have to do with the thirty five million dollars we approved during session to upgrade the overall system or is this going toward that will no Sir this is the cares Act appropriation that we had so this is just just to carry forward for that appropriation for the cares that funding that we receive as the cares Act funding was allowed to be extended and also unemployment programs were extended we needed to carry forward. Is is all twenty five million I mean have you spent some of it orders. Is that's what is twenty five million what's left. So the remaining award remaining for the call center. In this. It meant. I'm sorry that I'm I wasn't prepared to answer this but of it appears the other ward remaining for the call center is about eight million. And also another funding line item and number just reading from the cares acts during committee funding spreadsheet another nine million. So they're still funds that of that award that have not been spent but we expect to continue to operate the call center through a September first part of September so about seventeen million of the twenty five hadn't been spent that's what out of the call center and that's what I'm showing on our sheet here yes Sir okay thank you. Thank you seat thirty two. Thank you over here to the left our children. What's the contract written on the call center so that as the need to manage the expectations would diminish so that we could save some of that money or was it just the open contract for set amount regardless of however it flowed we have continued to work with a third party provider to increase the number of agents working and decrease the number of agents working based on a daily report so based on the programs and the the increases of the foreign expected based on those programs and changes to those programs we've added call agents now that were looking at ending all programs on June the twenty six we're looking at reducing the number of agents but X. but continuing that call center through the first part of September so in September will that be the termination of the need to use the call center will be able to handle it with state staff in order to take care of the needs and are we are we really going to be there where we can do that or. Or are we set herself up for a hard time we will continue to monitor that senator Hammer as it's important to make sure that that we have the staff there available to answer the calls for those that are still in judicata and appeals so we'll continue to monitor that that we expect that by the first of September we can go back to our hotline a call center structure that we had prior to the pandemic which was using eight using staff and our local offices will continue to monitor that if that doesn't work out you have to initiate a new contract but the unused funds would be available to take care of the contract yes Sir okay thank you. I thank you Senator Ingram you're recognized for a question. yes of to your left straight ahead here of by hiding behind the post of we're or we own of the backlog of adjudicating claims that was one time I think you're over twenty five thousand cases what where are we now I looked at one today were currently adjudicating claims of from Just one minute let me get back from of that were submitted on February the second of this year or last year no I'm sorry of this year. So but they didn't answer my quick question how many do we have roughly in the queue so you you've made up to February so from February until June what what are we looking at number why just one second. Total all regular unemployment claims and adjudication. As of June the. Twelve. I nineteen thousand six hundred and seventeen. compare that to you know previous weeks of where we had a high up to twenty six thousand the end of November. So we are we're gaining on those and we are making progress I saw some of the data this morning on other states and we weren't listed is in the states of those that had the highest number of claims and adjudication so that's always a good thing so we are working through those as quickly as possible and we are making progress so right now we're about six weeks out. So no I'm sorry that's on the claim that was this morning so as of today what are we June fifteenth. So were. February March April may. Yeah still about twenty weeks out so at the rate you're going when do you feel like when you projected to we will be owner of a normal of adjudication basis. Well our estimates just based on just you know based on the cases that we're still going to judicata in and that's what other states are reporting that they've had extremely high of increases in their judicata and rights of based on and not we suspect that it's fraud. So you know we we. We anticipate that will be back to to Regular adjudication of seven to ten days in probably a year that I don't expect it to to the your app yes Sir okay thank you. All right thank you do have any additional questions aren't seeing none of any discussion. And so now we're on D. one two three and five. Okay we'll get a motion to approve the preparation increase request for FY twenty twenty two we got a second all those in favor signify by saying aye All opposed motion carries I to me. Thank you Mr chairman I to me these are the reallocation of resources for the Department of Human Services for flexibility needs special in which allows the department to make for reallocation question the year item E. one is the fourth and final reallocation for fiscal year twenty one in the one the last page that packet is a table showing all the transfers. The first table shows appropriation transfers within the visions and the Department request transferred a hundred thousand you services to capital outlay for fence repairs the Alexander juvenile treatment assistance center the next table Miller Pitsch shows there are no appropriation transfers between divisions the next table shows fund transfers overall the departments transferring almost seven twenty million to three departments of the city's office receiving funds complete office if it office of information technology projects agent bill beaver Health is receiving funds to pay for the Mets fear system used by the Arkansas State Hospital and county operations receiving funds to assist with the Arkansas integrated eligibility system project costs the next table shows position transfers and the proper questions for in one position from child care to developmental disability services and this is to serve as a behavioral health a for one of the human development centers sure that is all the those of the request for fiscal year twenty one in the you want. Thank you. Okay Mister moving E. to the cemex packet that is the reallocation of resources for fiscal year twenty two this be the first one for the fiscal year and again it's the last page of that packet that shows all the transfer requests. The first table shows five thousand appropriation transferring the secretary's office from their regular salary line item to a line item for the secretary of the department the next able shows four hundred thirty six thousand in preparation transferring from developmental disabilities services to county operations that's to help pay for non positions the Division receiving from developmental disabilities the next to table shall find a position transfers overall the department's request to transfer six point three million in funding and thirty four positions across various departments these transfers represent the cumulative some of the for allocations made in fiscal year twenty one to begin again in fiscal year twenty two sure those are all the reallocation requests all right thank you any questions on any one or you to. Seeing none was will the committee we've got a motion to approve the reallocation resource for department Human Services go to second all those in favor signify by saying aye All opposed motion carries I'm G. R. F.. Thank you Mr a section for the sheer Services appropriation transfer request. The first request is on page three this is the for the Department corrections and on that following page page four is the table this is requests transferred two point three million appropriation from both the Division of correction and the Division of community correction to the shared services section for regular salaries personal services matching operating expenses this preparation companies twenty two position transfers will be reviewed by the Ailsa personals of committee tomorrow the next request is for the department of education and their charges on page six its request to transfer nine hundred sixty one thousand and this is from the Division of elementary secondary education and schools for the deaf and blind to their shared services section that's both for regular salaries to match this transfer is the city with fifteen positions according to the Department. The next request is for energy environment there tables on page eight and this is a request to transfer fifty nine thousand and this will come from liquefied petroleum gas board to the Department shoot Services section that's for salary match in this transfer goes with one position fiscal support specialist. Next item is for the department public safety their tables on page ten it's a request to transfer two hundred forty four thousand and this provision because from the law enforcement standards and training and state police to shared services the transfers provide appropriation for three positions to move. Sure those are all the shared services request thanks Sir members to have any questions on F. one. If two. If three. Rest for. All right seeing none was will the committee we've got a motion to approve the shared service services preparation transfer request for FY twenty twenty two we got a second all those in favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries an hour at a Adamjee. Thank you Mr section G. is a the part appropriation or fund transfer requests for fiscal year twenty two. And this first item is for the the department Human Services especially in which the appropriation bill that allows the department's request a transfer from certain divisions to US department of Human Services renovation fund and this is for constructing acquiring renovating maintaining repairing and equipping department facilities Department questions read three point three million of general revenue from the Division of Youth Services to this fun to maintain aging facilities for you services aging adult behavior health and developmental disabilities this request a transfer will require pool bail C. and there's one more fund transfer the request of the requires approval that's on the supplemental agenda as on page eleven. One page eleven C. request from the Department chancer Tatian election this is a letter from the governors on page eleven it's a recommend transfer of nine point three million from the highway transfer fund to the department's operating fund Arkansas highway improvement plan two thousand sixteen redirected existing revenue sources to produce an annual fifty million some so the Department would have sufficiency match to pull in a billable federal aid some of the sources like that nine point three million requested the comes from interest earnings on the treasury securities reserve fund are sent to this transfer fund the Department then must make a request to the governor and ill see to have funds moved to this department and again this is an approval I don't. Thank you any questions on G. one. Seeing none do we have any questions on the highway department or are not request and supplemental. Seeing none we've got a motion to approve the appropriation fund and transfer quest for FY twenty twenty to. Go to second all those in favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries I'm in a. The Mr one H. this is a rainy day fund release requests for and this is a letter from the governor questions transfer of two hundred thousand from the rainy day fund to the administrative office of the courts according to the letter the release will support the Arkansas judicial voter guide and the preparation of the permission to spend these funds will be requested later in the agenda under the cast section. All right thank you any questions on H. one. Seeing none. Any comment seen none we got a motion to approve the rented a transfer request for the ministry of Office courts will get a second all those in favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries all right section I. Mr section are the fiscal year twenty restrict reserve fund transfer recommendations. At ten fifty eight in the past session status with monies would be available in the restrict reserve fund for the new biennium apart to lead a hundred three hundred thirty three point five million was set aside for executive recommended projects to require approval of three fifths of the LC according to ALC rules appear subcommittee will take action whether to approve these requests and final approval from LC on Friday will require three fifths of the quorum president council on today's agenda is sixty two point five million request by thirteen different departments divisions. The first questions from issue and in this letter the request received three point eight million the funds will be used to develop and implement a common enterprise resource planning system for the system seven institutions the letter explains moving all institutions the same system regarding procurement tracking assets human resources payroll and other institutional operations will provide cost savings and maximize operational efficiencies the next item is a letter from the department of agriculture it's request received one million forty six thousand the funds will be used to make grant payments to County district fairs to defray unavoidable expenses in each created by the pandemic spending forty for this for these funds was requested in the previous section for very Supreme appropriation. The next item is also for the Department agriculture and its request received seventy five thousand for the strict reserve fund they'll use these funds to make a grant to the city of Washington Arkansas for emergency road improvement project spending thirty for this project will be requested in the and cash appropriation section later the engine the. The next item is for the department of commerce Economic Development Commission it's request received four point eight million the funds to be used to make a grant to the Arkansas state police foundation to make improvements to their precision driving track such as that in observation tower in and maintenance shop. Nicks items for the department of education in this letter services to requests for different divisions within the Department of Education twenty eight point five million is requested for the Division of elementary and secondary education and that's the fifth to fulfill the advisory committee on public school academic facilities adequacy recommendation of ninety million per year for the purchase programs and the next request is almost one point six million answer questions for the Division of career and technical education for statewide expansion of the career coaches program. Nicks items for the Division of higher education it's request for four hundred eighty three thousand funds and they we they would be used to establish a program for osteopathic rule medical practice student loans and scholarships again the spending authority for these funds was request earlier under your skin preparation the next items for the Division of higher education it's requests received twelve million four hundred ninety thousand from there should reserve fund these funds be used to expand graduate medical resins programs and state and the provisions in the funds will be requested the Kaspick and the cash section leaving each in the. Next item begins Division higher education it's requests received four million and the fund's of used to promote support scholarships for historically black colleges and universities the next item is for the department of labor licensing and its request for three hundred twenty five thousand the fund to be used for operations of the Arkansas athletics Commission the letter explains the commission had a reduction of funding to the pandemic and the spending thirty for these funds also requested in cash preparation. The next item is for the department public safety in the request received two million the fund to be used to pay claims from the crime victims reparation program to victims who have suffered personal injury or death of as a result of falling crime and again the seven thirty for this is in the very separate appropriation. Next items for the department of Veterans Affairs it's for three hundred thousand in these funds be used toward financial assistance as set out in ACT nine forty one and this act provides county veteran service officers with the wars for maintaining tools and training through accreditation and trainings. The next item is for north Arkansas college it's request for three million in in these funds to help construct the college's center for robotics in manufacturing innovation facility spanning thirty for these funds also requested early in each in under the supreme corporation this year those are all the researchers are requesting today's agenda. Thanks Sir chairman rice you're recognized. Thank you Mr. Let me preface by saying referred to the Committee members of the B. D. implied but benefits funding would normally be reviewed in this committee but because A. L. C. changed that all E. B. D. would be going to person nail that will be heard tomorrow. I believe there's broad support for the EBD deficit funding that we've all been talking about it heard from but as in these that we're looking at now better in FY twenty two. My motion is is going to be that the EBD also be in FY twenty two not twenty one. Committee chair I move that all items I one through twelve restricted reserve fund transfer request be sent to full A. L. C. for consideration at its meeting on Friday June eighteenth with recommendation that those items be approved only if the thirty five million restrict reserve fund transfer request a public school fund to be heard in personnel committee meeting tomorrow is modified by DFA in a new request sent personnel subcommittee for the thirty five million to come from the fiscal year twenty twenty two restricted reserve funds and the modification request is approved by personnel subcommittee tomorrow that's my motion. Thank you senator Members of the and if you don't mind and just not J. chairman on make sure I understand the motion to we're going to consider these were gonna take any questions on them and all these items may not be approved today but his motion applies to those that are approved by this committee for recommendation to the full A. L. C. so we we will still consider these individually but those that we do vote out of his motion is successful will have a contingency that this other item to be approved in personnel to move the money from the twenty twenty to restrict reserve funds as opposed to the twenty twenty one for EVD. Okay thank Mr with that I think we've we've got some questions I'm in a. The center of your questions gonna be on item in a minute right okay I'm gonna clear you for just a second in this compact on the item comes up representative Dotson got a question on the motion. And. Yes. I guess a. My my question is really how much is actually in the restricted reserve fund and what is this leave after we approve anything. That is a representative Dotson so they're different set aside amount in there should reserve this current public talking as a hundred three three point five million and so sixty two point five means requested today that would leave a balance of seventy point nine million for this set aside for the overall researchers are of funds and that includes all these other set asides with the sixty two four point five million if it were to be released today the I have a hundred eight point nine million for what I could find. And and that doesn't include the thirty five million. That's going to. If we approve this motion to be requested for FY if the motion is proving that relieves bounce roughly thirty five million. In the twenty twenty to restrict reserve funds. Thank you. The. Plus fifty well the rainy day. Okay all right that's right yep there's an additional amount out there that requires the president the that we set aside in restricted reserve seating twenty two. Yes could I just just here again about the thirty five million and going to personnel and I didn't quite follow up with that I wasn't mentally prepared I guess because that was a lot could I just say that again so the governor submitted a letter to personnel requested thirty five million of the current restrictions so the FY twenty one restrict reserve at go to EVD the motion would make it so that we request the governor's in another letter that change that to the restricted reserve funds of FY twenty twenty to. Okay thank you and that be approved by the personal committee. A robot yeah by the person or committee okay all right thank you we have any other questions. Any other discussion. We've got a motion. And we got a second all those in favor signify by saying aye. All those opposed motion carries all right now members we're going to we already went through. Yeah we went through I and so we're going to do this again one by one so we don't get agencies kind out of whack here so if you have a question just to hit your button as I go through I won the questions. I to. Senator Rapert you're recognized for a question on I. two just a quick question as I read this this talks about that this is Matt grant payments to the county district fairs to defray unavoidable expenses and needs created by the coronavirus my question would be why are we using state restricted reserve general revenue versus federal money that were received for corona virus. So from the cares Act or from the new round of funding to the American rescue act yes or just go and recognized of the committee will commence quit. West for from the Arkansas department for that that's a great question ma'am so as to where this funding originally originates from its construction funding and that's every other year that's very historic funding that comes through this so has some pretty significant ties to as well what it can be used for so so this report request is to allow that that used to be broader for any any really expenses prematurely district fairs because of the impact of the coronavirus the more specific to your questions about the care sector funding American rescue plan finding us other there was a bill during the session from senator call will represent Cozart for thirty thousand dollars for both County district fairs so we we expect that that will be approved there's also of your you and education effort to educate players on going to the counties or cities to ask for additional funding beyond that so really right now bears struggling through the impact last year the coronavirus Bill get some some general fund general revenue funding from from the state the close of the Department then this construction funding is a separate one of its pending approval today I've been also the thirty thousand dollars that would be coming from American rescue plan funding. Three three pots of money okay but again I mean I guess just generally speaking yes Sir could we could we take this one million. Out of the American rescue funds. In its entirety. Verses one million from restricted research. Yeah I mean could we and that's a choice that that is being made by the executive branch to requested to come from restricted reserve I'm asking could there could there been the choice to take it out of the American rescue act funding instead of restricted reserve. I think I think yes and no the the way that that appropriation was written with the restrictions that it only be used for construction a capital expenses probably would not have qualified under the American rescue plan pending but with but on the other side with if the legislature grants that flexibility to be with this temporary appropriation request so it's basically shifting that funding to a different appropriation line item that is more flexible met potentially you know that that same part of money what we're trying to accomplish could very well potentially come out American rescue plan very similar to that thirty thousand dollars that's been that's going to be requested County district fairs that way. Okay well I just I would prefer to. Keep researcher reserve as much as we can and offset with the American rescue funds as much as we can and so I'm not sure if that achieved with that or not so I may be the only one concern about that but I mean I'm trying to set us up you know I think we all are trying to set us up for reforms thank you Mr chair. Thank you do we have any other questions on item I to. K. C. nine itemized three. I for. No five. C. sixty recognized. Thank you Mr choice Springer. I just want to ask the department of education whether or not they had any applications pending for the funds of the bin set those requests the year. Trying to keep a part of education. So yes we have requests that Meet and exceed the ninety million dollars that had been recommended in that this would sentence the funding about ninety million dollars so yeah there are pending requests for the projects for these funds. Follow up missed the chair. Follow up missed a chair. How many how many he I'm I'm trying to be cordial. how many. How how many how many total project yes projects I I don't have that information with me on it's. Shearer matter are the dozens of of requests for these funds may I get that information Sir certainly thank you. I thank you representive you have any additional questions on I. five. I six. Centerman you're recognized on item I six. So I'm just a little confused if if I can get so we had a set four hundred eighty three thousand is this but we. Can you explain the difference between because I think we approved eighty three thousand in the first thing that we that dealt with this yes ma'am Nick fuller system director for a division of higher education the original eighty three was the appropriation authority to spend this funding where do you have four hundred thousand an appropriation. That was established in our act this past year so that's the eighty three was to get to the total appropriation authority for this funding request of four hundred eighty three okay I need to know how much it the other scholarship is being funded. I believe I spoke with Maurice EMS I believe he said currently is being funded around three hundred and fifty thousand. Three hundred fifty thousand and what is the total funding three hundred twenty five thousand I'm sorry three hundred. Okay Mister chair I'd like to hold this item and so I can get better information before Friday. You want to. Do you want to do what we want to release it to the full L. C. though. Yes okay all right and then this I just wanna make sure we're matching up here that makes sense I mean if we're fully funding one and not the other why that doesn't make any sense to me yes and I also want to follow up on the universal portal which. Yes importance because of that so. I think I need time to work on the network Adam I seven. Many questions. Seeing none item I ate. The questions. Nine nine. Ten. Eleven. For twelve. Are we do not have any additional questions in Senator Irvin as wanna make sure I understand what you're wanting to do with item I six do you want to vote that out for approval by the committee and included in the bachelor you wanting to just let the committee voted separate or because we can pull it out of the report if you're not able to get your questions answered on Friday. Yes I'll make a motion to approve items I one three twelve with the exception of number six and I would like to send that one just add to be considered Friday if possible. That's my motion. All right we got a motion to approve all the restricted reserve fund transfer requests for S. FY twenty twenty two with the exception of item six through will go to the full A. L. C. for consideration may also state that it also has to comply with what senator rice's motion it's already been made yeah and that's already standing so we're good okay. Good. Okay. All right we've got a motion we got a second all those in favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries I'm J.. Thank you Mr chairman section J. now these are the states Central Services deduction request this is a letter from the C. if a request maintaining the two point one percent deduction on general special revenues to fund those agencies supported by the state Central Services Fund Arkansas Code requires a CFO to determine the appropriate percentage deduction between two and three percent and then obtain approval by A. L. C. the letter notes the department will monitor revenues to determine if the deduction could be lowered to two percent sometime during the next fiscal year sure that is item J.. We have any questions on item J.. All right seeing none was will the committee got a motion to approve. The state Central Services deduction request we've got a second all those in favor signify by saying aye All those posed motion carries that's the last of our approval items we're now moving on to the review items section K.. They may share these are items review beginning with section case appropriation or fund transfers the required a review not approval the first item is a letter from the department of education Division of higher education and request a transfer five hundred thousand appropriation from the Arkansas future financial a program line item to the POW MIA dependent scholarship in governor's scholar programs for the fiscal year the close at the end of this month the letter says the transfer will allow the Division of fun all students for the spring twenty twenty one semester in these programs we do have one more request requires review that's on the supplemental agenda that's on page fourteen. In on page fourteen supplemental agenda is item so we'll see to it's a letter from the transformation and shared services division of information systems this is a request to transfer two hundred twenty nine thousand of funding from the innovation and project development fund to support two positions the state's chief data officer and chief information security officer the Division of information systems the cost recovery agency they charge clients based on specific services provided and therefore has difficulty assigning costs for these two positions special language allows a transfer to support these positions after review by L. C. and a break down on the next page shows how they determine the amount to transfer Mr those of the transfer request for fiscal year twenty one. Members do we have any questions on the to transfer request for FY twenty twenty one. All right signals go ahead and do twenty twenty to build out the same time thank you Mr fiscal twenty two appropriations as requests is next packet that's K. two and there is a request from the Arkansas public defender commission commission for parent council its request to transfer sixty thousand an appropriation from an extra help line item to their legal services refunds reimbursements line item in a letter in the letter explains the commission will no longer hire extra help attorneys and will instead rely on the legal services line item for contract services. The next request is the key to be it is for the Department transformations here services this is the building of a billion three division every request to transfer nine hundred ninety six thousand appropriation from the sustainable building design program to Henderson state university spending three will company alone to address to H. FAQ projects at chiller replacement a dorm in replacement of units on the roof of their G. on the loan agreement payment schedules included with this request on the following pages. Mr those roller quest Fisker twenty two. Thank you I members we have any questions on the twenty twenty to request. All right seeing none was will the committee we've got a motion to review items I'm sorry the transfer request for fiscal year twenty twenty one twenty twenty two got a second all those in favor signify by saying aye All opposed motion carries. Thank you chairman section L. now these of the cash fund appropriation increase request and these are the first section is for L. one these are twenty twenty one request the first item is a letter from the C. H. request increase appropriation by seven hundred thousand for that services according to the letter interest payments when existing and refinance debt have been slightly higher than were expected when the budget was created additionally the begin payments on a capital lease for additional student housing. Nicks items on page three the letter from the department of Veterans Affairs it's requesting Peace appropriation by ten thousand the US will out apartment pay for a stipend only cost of providing honors at veterans funerals letter knows the volume of state requests for Julie to explain the need for additional preparation next item is page four to letter for the department of commerce Arkansas securities department answer quests for three thousand one hundred appropriation spitting forty will out apartment to process being service charges there are two more request for fiscal twenty one on the supplemental agenda and those begin on page seventeen. So this is item a civil penalty one of Page seventeen of the pillaging the this is for the department of corrections is requesting crease appropriation by one million new spending thirty will allow the department to purchase needed merchandise to continue commissary operations. The next item T. two is on page eighteen it's of a letter from northwest Arkansas community college in its request increase preparation by one point three million spent thirty will be used to pay debt service. I am sure those rather quest for fiscal twenty one. Thank you do have any questions on the twenty twenty one request. All right seeing none. I was with the committee we've got a motion to review the cast one appropriation increase request for twenty twenty one we got a second all those in favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries all right L. two. Thank you Mr we have L. two this is the twenty two cash request this is for the fiscal year that begins in July the first item is for the administrative office of the courts it's requesting Peace preparation by two hundred thousand they'll use this this will allow the court to produce the Arkansas judicial voter guide to increase access to information about judicial candidates and the funding for this project would come from there any a transfer that was approved earlier on the agenda. The next item is for department of labor licensing it's requesting Peace appropriation by three engine twenty five thousand this will allow the department to provide funds to the athletics commission after reduction of funding to the pandemic this was the funding for this is approved in restrict reserve transfer. Next page page four as for Department of Veterans Affairs and this is for seven hundred twenty six thousand for veterans homes this will be used to cover operational costs related staffing and residents needs the letter notes appropriation was exhausted from elevated expenses due to COVID nineteen. Page five is a letter from again Veterans Affairs this is for her thirty five thousand The New speeds will allow the department to spend a donation from the Attorney General settlement fund. Page six department agriculture this is a request for seventy five thousand and this will be used to provide a grant to the city of Washington for emergency road improvement project funding again came from or researchers are transferred that was discussed earlier. On page seven is at northwest technical institute it's request for forty six thousand and the speed forty allow this to continue construction of an ammonia refrigeration and industrial maintenance center. Page eight is for the Division of career and technical education this is a request for hundred eighty five thousand this will be used to spend a grant from energy to design twenty career and technical education courses available to high school students they have an area of focus based on research input for mark the businesses those are industrial equipment technologies precision machining machine power equipment systems plumbing ritual Systems metal fabrication and more on page nine is again another letter from division of critical education this is a request for two hundred sixty thousand and so allowed apartments provide professional development to create technical education teachers. Page ten is for the Department education division of higher education it's request for twelve million four ninety thousand this is be used to expand graduate medical residency programs in the state the funding for the expansion again would be provided by their structures are transferred the last section. Page eleven is for the Department of Parks heritage tourism Arkansas natural heritage commission and this is request for forty thousand according to the letter the new spending forty will be used to increase the amount of data on elements of concern house in the Arkansas heritage database. Page twelve is the letter from persecution tourism it's request for a three hundred fifty three thousand again financial heritage commission and this would allow the commission to continue stewardship activities in natural areas that could not be completed in the current fiscal year due to wet weather and logistical constraints related to the pandemic on page thirteen personagens wasn't again this is five hundred fifty seven thousand for the mosaic Templars cultural center and this we used to spend donation from the capital campaign and to be the center Instagram consist of from the Smithsonian for the Negro motorist green book exhibition on page fourteen is again Department perception towards on this is a hundred and forty five thousand for the delta cultural center in this be suspended Graham from the Walton family foundation on after school summer programming Page fifteen is a part of public safety this is request for five point six million for the division of emergency management and this will out apartment to continue support of levy mitigation in the state Mr these are all the request for fiscal year twenty two. Thanks Sir members was gonna go through these real quick if you have a question hit your button and will bring the proper agency up L. two a. B.. C.. Senator Ingram you're recognized. Of the office of a you you're so quick of a what is the of the this two hundred thousand increase the information from judicial candidates utilizing the Arkansas judicial voter guide what what what is that. I'm not sure if we have the other you have somewhere in answer the question but what that means. You are invited funded. Senator. My name is Keith leathers I am the director of finance and administration I like to be recognized you're recognized. This two hundred thousand dollars in somewhat of a surprise to us it was a governor's letter we we it is to be used to do educational judicial voter's guide so everybody's better informed of the judicial candidates if they if they vote for. What. so this would be a judicial voters gad it's not necessarily about the the positions it's about that candidate's. That's my understanding yes. Or the two hundred thousand dollars a. I think looks good. Could we get some more information about this before we I'd like to hold it if the I know this is over or review but could we get some more information about just what this is yes Sir will have to get that from the governor's office because like I say they showed up and. And we will use it for judicial go voters that sure. But we will get the additional information to the committee. Thank you know the budget director may have some comments on that. I mean welcome by the way. Okay. In so centering on just make sure I understand its review item you will let this on out to committee for consideration by the full LCD pending questions or how do you want to handle I think that's it I just like to know before we spend two hundred thousand dollars on something that apparently nobody in this room knows what what it's for probably figures in. And I do think there's somebody here earlier that was going to interest questions but I think they had it out maybe after the funding was approved so but if we can buy so we'll just we'll move on through an I have. If we get somebody answers questions come Friday thank you. All right. So now I'm I'm thrown out for him I was gonna say D.. He. Questions on if. G.. H.. I. J.. Okay. L.. M.. Or in case we had no additional questions the best I can still Senator Hickey you are recognized the judge just comment I think this. Should go without saying but I want everybody to know due to Senator dresses motion if if the item was not approved in of personnel to more for A. B. D. then of course these kidneys appropriations would not to would not be needed so. Just as long as we know that those Tuesday DO tie to get or with this item thank you yeah there's certain certain not all I think you have to have an appropriation increase for the restricted reserve. And so that Adams would have appropriation when we review but would not have funding yes Sir okay I thank you C. C.. You're recognized for. No okay. All right. Members we have any additional questions or comments on the cash fund appropriation creature quest for twenty twenty two all right seeing none we've got a motion to review. Sitting in. D. through in. B. through an all right be through in it will stand review that objection item a will go to the full committee for consideration in question without objection. All right L. three. Thank you Mr L. three the cash fund appropriation increase request these are continuations all items on the schedule reviewed earlier this fiscal year agencies on this list requesting to continue projects into the new fiscal year that starts in July all amounts are at or below will this question fiscal year twenty one also agencies requesting two point eight seven million in spending authority that was originally increase in twenty one to continue into fiscal year twenty two. Members for any questions on L. three. Seeing none without objection three is reviewed. A section M.. Thank you Mr chairman budget classification transfer request this section in on we'll start with the M. one twenty twenty one request. And the first item is requests for the department of commerce division of aeronautics it's request a transfer at thirteen thousand five hundred spending forty from professional fees operating expenses in this well the division to complete implementation of a grant tracking system for awards for awarding grants to local airport operators the next item is number two this is for the purpose of commerce the securities department it's a request to transfer thirty four thousand from conference and travel to and and professional fees to operate expenses as well the department to renovate their office with the cubicles breakroom and adding a wall secure confidential files is also will include new laptops there is one more request for fiscal twenty one again that's on the supplemental agenda that begins on page twenty of an agenda. One page twenty is a request for the department of labor and this is a request to transfer four thousand from professional fees are print expenses their questions transfers need help fund board operations and those are the request for fiscal year twenty one. Members do we have any questions on the quest for a classification transfer request for twenty twenty one. Any comments okay seeing none of the budget classification classification transfer request for FY twenty twenty one stand review. Thank you Mr the next section is into these are twenty two requests. And the first one is for the department of education's the library this is a request for eighty thousand from operating expenses to conference and travel and this will correct your budget putting preparation the proper line item for expected expenses next item is number to the Department finance administration regulatory division it's for fifty nine thousand from operates consistent moved to capital outlay transfers purchase assets related to equipping officers and vehicles. And Mister Bills roller quest for fiscal year twenty two. Thank you do we have any questions on into. Any comments all right seeing nine without objection the budget classification transfer request for twenty twenty two are reviewed. Thank you Mr chairman section in now this is a miscellaneous federal grant appropriation quest in one is fiscal year twenty two requests. The first one is for the Department agriculture force legacy it's request for two million twenty five thousand and this is a they have a grant from the USDA to continue force legacy program to protect environmentally important private forest lands threatened with conversion to non force uses a recharge area for hot springs in hot springs national park has been at the identified in this I'm requires twenty five persons the match the next item is for the purpose of agriculture it's request for three million and they have a grant from the USDA for federal swine revocation and controlled through activities such as partnership meetings landowner workshops development of education materials and local exhibits it's one hundred percent fairly funded the next item number three is department of education it's for six hundred thousand in the grant for U. S. department of education to create and produce programming for later broadcast held many learning lost during the summer the next item is number four for the Department education division of higher education it's request for four hundred fifty six thousand they have a grant from the corporation for national and community service for national service project programs like them okay day of service is items hundreds in Philly Fund in also requested position and the position they grants coordinator will be reviewed for title in creating the personal subcommittee the next item is number five department Human Services Division of aging it's four eight hundred thirty one thousand they have a grant to investigate allegations of abuse neglect and exploitation in the context of nineteen is one percent fairly funded next item is number six department Human Services again division of aging and this is for four hundred fifty seven thousand they have a grant from the administration for community living to expand access to seniors this is for COVID nineteen vaccines it's a hundred and fairly funded. The next item is number seven department Human Services again division of aging it's for fourteen sixteen thousand and it's another grants investigate elder abuse requires twenty five percent match next item is number eight DHS division of aging six point seven million Graham from department of health and Human Services to plan implement evaluate activities to prevent and treat substance abuse as a twenty five percent matching requirement number nine is department services this is the division of county operations it is for three point one three point one million and they have a grant to implement and administer the pandemic EBT project designed hundreds of fairly funded the next item is number ten department commerce division of work for services it's requests for twenty one million ten thousand appropriation to spend federal funds into established seventeen positions and a grant from the US department of labor to assist with efforts to prevent detect fraud and identity theft and recover from overpayments in the pandemic unemployment assistance program is items that federally funded and those seventeen positions will be reviewed for title in grade in the personal subcommittee. The next item number eleven is for the Department military it's one hundred thousand and they have a grant from the National Guard bureau for overtime it's hundreds in fairly funded. The next item is for this number twelve department public safety fifteen thousand two hundred it's a grant from the US department of justice to aid in developing a victim reporting within the Arkansas database and this is the same crimes with proper since the match Mr sure those are all the emoji items for fiscal year twenty two. I thank you our members we have any questions on any of the items in section in. All right no questions any comments. All right seeing none the by a miscellaneous federal grand preparation quest are reviewed without objection. And we're into. Is there any into miscellaneous federal grant continuation this is so much to the cash considerations when over a year all items in the schedule reviewed earlier this fiscal year agencies on this list requesting to continue projects into the new fiscal year that starts in July all amounts are at or below what was your question twenty one if they were for more than have to be requested as in the request also agencies requested almost five hundred fifty five million it's mandatory and seven positions they were originally reviewed twenty one to continue to twenty two. I think you have any questions on I'm to. All right seeing none any comments. All right the continuation of the miscellaneous federal grant requests from a twenty twenty one to twenty twenty two are reviewed without objection. So. Thank you Mr chair section begins the performance fun PAYPLAN hold account transfer request is requesting agencies to increase spending thirty four regular salaries extra help personal services matching section one or quest for if it's the twenty one there are three agencies reporting a total of four hundred forty nine thousand and I was transferred from the performance fund all three say performance increases in salary adjustments as justification for the transfer there are no appropriation transfers in this section. All right thank you do we have any questions on one. Any comments seeing none the performance Fund pay plan holding count transfer request are reviewed without objection four twenty twenty one. The Mr O. two is the request for fiscal twenty two there are two agencies requesting transfer of ninety two thousand I'm sorry this is in a table on the back of that package ninety thousand preparation for fiscal year twenty to the bank department requests extra help and personal services matching for a position that is supporting administrative functions of the department the Division of higher education also request extra help for a paid internship. Thank you do we have any questions on item to. All right seeing none any comments seeing none. The pay plan holding count transfer request for twenty twenty two are reviewed without objection and then I'm P.. They missed thank you Mr section PZ overtime appropriation quest there is one agency the if in a Revenue Service division requesting two hundred thousand overtime appropriation for next fiscal year. When requests questions on the request. Any comments. Seeing none of the item P. is reviewed without objection. Then queue or sections Q. thank you Mr section Q. or the tobacco settlement account funny quest for carry forward of funds Arkansas Code allows agencies receive funding from the tobacco settlement program fund to submit a request to the chief fiscal officer of the in the tobacco settlement commission to carry over any fund balances into the next biennium to agencies the department Human Services in Arkansas minority health commission have requested to retain funds in this Packer letters from the agency's making the request as well as letters from the chief fiscal officer in tobacco settlement commission approving the request according aces the fund balances or five point two million for the Arkansas minority health commission in twenty seven point six million for the Department of Human Services. We any questions C. thirty two. Thank you Mr chairman I may have missed it what's what's the amount that carrying forward. Senator Hammer the I look this up in a situation to fund balance for the minority health commission K. four is five point two million that's a as of yesterday if they'll spend some of that down between now and the end of the fiscal year and for the minority health commission it's I'm sorry and is twenty seven point six million for the department Human Services I'm sorry say that number again twenty seven point six million that are carrying forward is if if they don't spin down between now and the next two weeks some of that amount. You know historically how much they would spend down of that based on past history I looked last user questions in line with that I'm sorry it's in line with last year's request or thank you. Do you have any additional questions. On Q. one or two the comments seeing none items Q. one and two are reviewed without objection. The register reports. Thank you Mr are ones rainy day fund report this report shows rainy fund income distributions as of the end of may the last table at the bottom of the page shows project distributions in the fund balance of eight point five million. The next item hard to is. The budget stabilization trust fund report and it shows cash flow loan throughout the fiscal year as of the end of may there eighteen point two million outstanding loans and cash balances a hundred eighty four point seven five million. The next item R. three. It's for the tobacco settlement report and this report gives a summary of income fund balances investments actual payments to the state and on the second page or all expenses by fiscal year. R. for is is the Central Services Fund report and it shows the fund balance and disbursements as well as expenditures of each agency supported by the fund. Mr those rather reports in today's agenda. All right any questions on the report Senator Irvin you're recognized no I just have a question not of the reports but just to the chair about an item. H. one which we did approve but because of well. We held out second portion of eight what what coincides with the H. one. So do you need to. We may need to make a motion to hold H. one. I don't think that we do because it's something they're gonna bring some information make a presentation to council and so okay so give me the money to have anywhere to go unless we approve the preparation okay thank you. All right members to any questions the reports. All right seeing none. I move on to. I miss. Thank you Mr this section S. this is the year in adjustments this is a letter from the CFO requesting prior approval of your intestines to close out the books on fiscal year twenty one without this prior approval chairs from LCN peer would have to be on standby throughout the evening on June thirtieth to respond with emergency review should any state accounts are discovered to be short in the last hours of the fiscal year according to the letter if accounts cannot be cleared unanticipated issues could potentially delay payroll vendor payments may not be process in loading of FY twenty two information to asus may be interrupted all impact as the operations. The request is for prior approval to make budget classification transfers and provide up to one million imaging cast permission any actions taken will be reported the next meeting. Members with any questions. Comments aren't seeing none. I make a motion to authorize DFA to use the year end adjustment appropriation. Okay got a motion we got a second all those in favor signify by saying aye those opposed motion carries and then do our we don't supplement because we have one okay members thank you for your time today and we just make you stick around so you're told and that was target but not really appreciate the time create the tension and the season thank your words are.