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Committee backs glide path shifting adult-education allocations toward enrollment over three years
Summary
After deliberation, the committee agreed to include budget language that moves adult-education funding allocation from a classroom-hours emphasis toward enrollment (ADM) via a three-year glide path (reducing the classroom-hours share by 5 percentage points per year).
Members discussed how adult-education funding should be allocated across providers and reached consensus to include language in the budget that creates a transition from a classroom-hours weighting toward enrollment (ADM) over three years.
Staff described the Agency of Administration’s recommendation to split allocations 85% by student counts and 15% by classroom hours in the near term. Committee chairs and staff agreed to language that implements a glide path that shifts the weighting by five percentage points per year over three years, easing the move to an enrollment-based allocation while giving providers time to adjust.
Committee members said statewide funding totals are not disputed, and the debate centers on the distribution methodology. The committee plans to place the agreed language in the budget memo so Appropriations and other chairs can weigh in during the larger budget negotiation process.
Next steps: committee staff will draft the specific language for the budget book and circulate it to commerce and appropriations chairs for concurrence.
