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JFAC approves small IT replacement appropriation for STEM Action Center
Summary
The committee approved a modest one-time IT replacement appropriation for the STEM Action Center during the March 11 hearing and forwarded the item with a do-pass recommendation.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee approved a one-time IT replacement appropriation for the STEM Action Center on March 11.
Representative Price moved a program-maintenance item described as adding $9,900 for IT replacements; the motion was seconded and the committee approved the request by voice and roll call. Committee members recorded unanimous or near-unanimous support in the hearing record and the item was forwarded with a do-pass recommendation.
The STEM Action Center is responsible for coordinating outreach and programming in science, technology, engineering and math across the state, working directly with students and teachers as well as coordinating with other institutions. The appropriation was framed in the hearing as a routine replacement of IT equipment.
Discussion vs. action: The record shows a brief presentation of the agency role followed by the motion and a roll-call vote; no substantive debate or amendments were recorded in the transcript.
What happens next: The appropriation will be included in the committee’s bill recommendation.
