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DEW seeks $1.9M for salaries and retention; CCWD and Gartner propose $10.3M portal to link education and jobs
Summary
Executive Director Floyd asked the Senate subcommittee for approximately $1.9 million in recurring funds for DEW and presented the CCWD’s separate request for $10.3 million nonrecurring and $2.8 million recurring to build a statewide education-and-workforce portal.
Executive Director (Director) Floyd appeared before the Senate Finance Transportation and Regulatory Subcommittee and requested approximately $1.9 million in recurring state funds for the Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) and presented a separate funding request on behalf of the Coordinating Council for Workforce Development (CCWD) for a statewide education-and-workforce portal.
Floyd said DEW is primarily federally funded and that state funding is needed to cover the FY25 and FY26 portions of recently approved across-the-board raises and to limit turnover by rewarding high-performing staff. “Our request is approximately $1,900,000 recurring,” Floyd told senators; he said about $1.1 million would cover state-share costs for prior and current general salary increases and about $770,000 would fund targeted retention and high-performance awards.
Why this matters: Floyd said DEW relies largely on federal grants and that without state funding for salary increases the agency must stretch federal dollars to cover state pay actions,…
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