Scholarships and grants program asks for educator‑incentive funding and a software‑engineer position

Jan 20, 2025

Office of the State Board of Education staff and Legislative Services presented the Scholarships and Grants program budget, which administers multiple state scholarship programs including the Opportunity Scholarship and a rural/underserved educator incentive. The program reported 1.35 FTP and requested $1.375 million to fund the rural and

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Kevin Campbell, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, summarized the Scholarships and Grants program budget and told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee the program is largely trustee and benefit payments: roughly 99.5% of spending pays scholarships and grants; personnel costs are a small share of the program’s budget.

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