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JFAC rejects initial unemployment operations request but approves accounting corrections and reporting language for Department of Labor
Summary
The committee declined a request to add roughly $7.33 million for unemployment-insurance operations, then approved accounting corrections and fund-balance adjustments to fix FY2024/2025 bookkeeping issues and asked the Department of Labor to report position information to the Legislature.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee voted down an initial Department of Labor maintenance motion for FY2026 unemployment insurance operations but later approved fund transfers and corrective language to fix accounting mismatches.
Representative Tim Handy moved a request that would have added $7,330,000 (dedicated funds) for unemployment insurance operations and $161,001 (federal funds) for IT replacement items. After discussion about workload, past COVID-era temporary FTE increases and current operational demands, committee roll calls recorded that the original motion failed in committee (the…
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