CareerTech board begins FY28 appropriations discussion, frames $68M package and funding options

Board members spent an extended period reviewing FY28 appropriations options and potential strategies to address program wait lists and workforce needs. The chair said the agency has seen an increase of roughly 6,000 full-time students and noted a multi-year increase in state support totaling about $44 million over three years, although $28 million of that was one-time. She described prior estimates to remove wait lists as roughly $41.6 million two years ago and said the agency requested $31 million last year; this year's illustrative package was presented at about $68 million in total to fund workforce training, program support and expansion incentives.