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State Board outlines scholarships and grants budget, seeks software-engineer funding and updates on educator incentive program
Summary
The Office of the State Board of Education presented the Scholarships and Grants program budget, including requests for Bridal and Underserved Educator Incentive Program funding and a software-engineer position to support public-facing scholarship databases.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee heard a briefing on the Scholarships and Grants program administered by the Office of the State Board of Education, which manages the Opportunity Scholarship, the Bridal and Underserved Educator Incentive Program and other state grant programs.
Program overview and recent additions
Analyst Kevin Campbell outlined that roughly 99.5% of the program's spending is trustee and benefit payments (scholarship awards) and about 0.5% is personnel. Recent…
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