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State board official outlines scholarship program growth, asks for IT support to maintain public portals
Summary
The Office of the State Board of Education told the committee that scholarship spending is heavily trustee‑payment driven, cited timing effects on spending, and requested funds for a software engineer to maintain public databases and user interfaces for multiple scholarship programs.
Kevin Campbell, budget and policy analyst for the Legislative Services Office, presented the Scholarships and Grants program budget housed in the Office of the State Board of Education. Campbell said 99.5% of the program's spending is trustee and benefit payments and that timing of award cycles affects fiscal year spending.
Josh Whitworth, executive director of the State Board of Education, told the…
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