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Office of State Board briefs committee on Scholarships & Grants: 99.5% of spending is grants, OSBE asks for educator incentive funding and a software engineer
Summary
Legislative Services presented the Scholarships and Grants budget, noting most spending is trustee payments (99.5%). The Office of the State Board of Education requested $1.375 million for the Bridging and Underserved Educator Incentive program and $124,000 to hire a software engineer to maintain public scholarship databases.
Legislative Services Office analyst Kevin Campbell presented the Scholarships and Grants budget to the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee, which is administratively housed in the Office of the State Board of Education (OSBE).
Campbell said the program administers multiple awards including the Opportunity Scholarship, Armed Forces and Public Safety Officer Scholarship, GEAR UP scholarships and an Idaho Work Study program. He told the committee the program has 1.35 authorized FTP and reported that…
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