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Committee reviews Job Service budget; members press on IT costs, federal funding and new H‑2A position
Summary
Lawmakers reviewed Job Service appropriations, questioned increases in IT and operating lines, and discussed adding one FTE to manage H‑2A (foreign agricultural worker) placements. Staff reported high federal funding share and ongoing mainframe modernization costs.
The Appropriations — Education and Environment Division considered the Job Service budget (white sheet 2016), pressing agency staff on increased IT costs, an added H‑2A position and adjustments to federal funding levels.
Representative Swantek introduced the item and asked agency staff to explain line‑by‑line changes. McKenna Thilges, identified as Job Service’s finance manager, told the committee the budget adds one position to support the H‑2A (foreign agricultural worker) program and requested $47,000 in operating for that FTE. Thilges said Job Service placed roughly 4,321 foreign workers in the past year and that…
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