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Scholarships and grants program seeks staffing for application systems amid heavy trustee payments
Summary
Kevin Campbell, budget and policy analyst, told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee that the Scholarships and Grants program is overwhelmingly trustee and benefit payments and has asked for funding to support an educator incentive program and an IT position to maintain application systems.
Kevin Campbell, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, presented the Scholarships and Grants budget and told the committee the program is largely trustee‑and‑benefit payments: 99.5% of spending is for awards; 0.5% is personnel costs. The program administers five major scholarships and grants, including the Opportunity Scholarship, Idaho Work Study, the Armed Forces and Public Safety Officer Scholarship, GEAR UP federal scholarships, and the Bridging Rural…
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