JFAC approves State Board of Education supplemental, funds workforce capacity grant and seeks reports on credit mobility and outcomes

The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee on March 11 approved several actions affecting the State Board of Education, including a $20,000 supplemental for a credit mobility grant, a committee‑recommended FY2026 funding package that includes a public‑private workforce capacity grant, and committee language directing reports on credit and transcript mobility and on outcomes‑based funding for higher education.

The committee initially approved a $20,000 supplemental appropriation for a credit mobility grant, moved by Representative Petzke and seconded by Senator Woodward, to support work ensuring that academic credits are transferable between institutions; the motion passed on a roll call that the chair summarized as 17 ayes and 3 nays. Dr. Campbell, representing the State Board, described the supplemental as “a 1 year grant that…