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OPI asks for roughly five FTE; committee requests historic staffing data and deeper analysis of teacher-licensing options
Summary
The Office of Public Instruction asked the committee to consider an elected-official request for about five FTE (roughly $638,000 first year). Committee members asked OPI to provide condensed historical FTE data and to clarify costs and integration challenges of a possible move of teacher licensing to the Department of Labor & Industry system.
The Office of Public Instruction (OPI) told the Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Education that an elected-official request includes roughly five full-time equivalent positions and about $638,000 in the first year to restore capacity the agency says has been lost since 2016.
April Grady, OPI chief financial officer, said the agency provided historical FTE spreadsheets going back to 2016 and told the committee the superintendent’s request aims to restore staffing for customer service, accreditation and other…
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