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House Education committee hears bill to let ISDs use CTE millage to contract with other ISDs
Summary
The House Education and Workforce Committee on Oct. 12 heard testimony on HB 4060, a reintroduction of last session’s HB 4279, which would allow intermediate school districts to use career and technical education millage dollars to contract with other ISDs for CTE programs.
The House Education and Workforce Committee on Oct. 12 heard testimony on HB 4060, a reintroduction of last session’s HB 4279, which would allow intermediate school districts (ISDs) to use career and technical education (CTE) millage revenue to contract with other ISDs to provide CTE programs to students.
Committee Chair Nancy DeBoer, House Education and Workforce Committee chair, opened the hearing and called Representative Matt VanderWaal to the witness table to explain the bill. “This bill will allow ISDs to use millage money to enter into contract with area ISDs for the purposes of career technical education,” VanderWaal said, describing the change as a fix to a “glitch” in current language that prevents reimbursement when an ISD’s students attend CTE programs outside their home ISD.
The bill’s chief proponent at the hearing, David Cox, superintendent of Manistee Intermediate School District, said the issue is pressing for several rural districts in his county.…
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