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Scholarships and grants program asks for IT staffing and reports stable trustee spending; committee requests outcomes data
Summary
The State Board of Education's Scholarships and Grants program reported that nearly all spending is trustee/benefit payments, that timing drives year‑to‑year variance and that the office requests an additional software‑engineer position to maintain public application systems. Committee members asked for
Kevin Campbell, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, presented the Scholarship and Grants budget to the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee and the executive director of the State Board of Education answered questions.
Campbell said the program administers five scholarship and grant lines, including the Opportunity Scholarship, the Armed Forces and Public Safety Officer Scholarship, the GEAR‑UP…
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