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Committee allows detached career centers to use leftover CTE funds for maintenance and operations
Summary
The committee passed HB 1501, permitting certain detached secondary career-technical education centers to apply leftover Division of Career and Technical Education funds toward management, maintenance and operations. Sponsors and local college officials said centers have unique costs; some senators urged safeguards to preserve funds for equipment and instruction.
Senators advanced House Bill 1501 to allow certain stand-alone career-technical education centers to use excess aid funding from the Division of Career and Technical Education for management, maintenance and operation costs.
Sponsor Kim Hammersay said the bill targets centers that are not physically attached to a host school or postsecondary campus. "There are 3 centers that…
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