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Rep. Duncan Baird, R-Lowell, is interviewed after a meeting of the Joint Budget Committee at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, March 6, 2014. The committee endorsed a plan by House and Senate leaders to whittle down the list of requests to use a projected $125 million surplus for various projects. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

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Sen. Larry Teague, D-Nashville, is interviewed after a meeting of the Joint Budget Committee at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, March 6, 2014. The committee, co-chaired by Teague, endorsed a plan by House and Senate leaders to whittle down the list of requests to use a projected $125 million surplus for various projects. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

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Sen. Joyce Elliott, D-Little Rock, right, speaks in favor of using part of a surplus to boost funding for the state's pre-kindergarten program as Sen. Linda Chesterfield, D-Little Rock, listens in a meeting of the Joint Budget Committee at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, March 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

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Sen. Linda Chesterfield, D-Little Rock, walks from a meeting of the Joint Budget Committee at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. The committee heard budget requests from the Department of Human Services. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

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John Selig, director of the Arkansas Department of Human Services, leaves a meeting of the Joint Budget Committee at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)