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Committee reviews district‑level spending: operations and maintenance, central office, transportation
Summary
BLR presented FY2023 district‑level resource allocations, reporting O&M spending that met or exceeded foundation funding in aggregate and noting Arkansas met about 71% of recommended O&M staffing on average; central office and transportation rates and comparisons to other states were also discussed.
Bureau of Legislative Research staff presented the district‑level resource allocation report covering operations and maintenance (O&M), central office functions and transportation.
Laurie Bowen told the committee O&M accounted for about $741 per student in the matrix and that districts spent roughly $715 million on O&M in FY2023; BLR calculated that statewide staffing for recommended custodial and maintenance positions met about 71% of…
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