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House panel raises CTE equipment grant cap to $75,000, eases eligibility rules
Summary
The House Education Committee on Jan. 15 voted to pass House Bill 17, increasing the maximum Career and Technical Education equipment grant to $75,000 and shortening the eligibility lookback from five years to two years.
The House Education Committee on Jan. 15 voted to pass House Bill 17, a committee bill that raises the maximum award for the Career and Technical Education (CTE) equipment and supplies grant from $50,000 to $75,000 per year and shortens the eligibility “look‑back” period from five years to two years.
The change, sponsors said, aims to help smaller districts buy expensive equipment — for example, lathes, greenhouses and welding machines — and to make it easier for districts that fully expend a designated 29 percent allotment for materials, supplies and equipment to qualify.
Vice Chair Laurie Lolly, who worked on the bill during the interim, told the committee the amendments increase the grant ceiling and ease some eligibility conditions that had prevented smaller districts…
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