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Appropriations panel reviews Center for Distance Education budget; directs staff to remove equity pay line
Summary
Representative Richter reviewed the Center for Distance Education budget for the Appropriations - Education and Environment Division, covering personnel changes, tuition-funded adjunct pools, an IT upgrade and a new virtual military pathways curriculum; the committee directed staff to remove a salary-equity line from the long sheet and prepare amendments and SPA language.
Representative Richter reviewed the Center for Distance Education (CDE) budget during a meeting of the Appropriations - Education and Environment Division. Committee members discussed multiple funding sources and staffing changes, directed staff to remove a salary-equity line from the long sheet for now, and asked staff to prepare amendments and the corresponding SPA language.
The budget discussion focused on personnel changes, tuition-funded pools that pay adjunct faculty, one-time IT expenditures and a new virtual military pathways curriculum. Committee members and staff repeatedly noted that some items are funded from tuition and special funds rather than the general fund, while a single new office support FTE would be paid from the general fund.
Representative Richter summarized the long sheet…
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