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JFAC funds State Board of Education initiatives, rejects larger workforce grant proposal and asks for credit-mobility and outcome reports
Summary
The committee approved a package for the Office of the State Board of Education that includes a FY2025 supplemental, FY2026 program maintenance additions and language directing reports on credit mobility and outcome-based funding; a substitute motion to raise the workforce capacity grant failed.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee approved funding and policy language for the Office of the State Board of Education (OSBE) on March 11, advancing both a FY2025 supplemental and FY2026 budget adjustments while rejecting a larger substitute proposal for workforce grant funding.
The committee first approved a one-year supplemental of $20,000 from the miscellaneous revenue fund to support a credit-mobility grant, covering a grant period running January–December of the current year, with the motion offered by Representative Petzke and seconded by Senator Woodward. The motion passed on roll call.
For FY2026, Representative Petzke moved a program-maintenance package that added one full-time position (database engineer) and multiple…
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