Committee weighs separating tuition and transportation funding for CTE programs
Senate Bill 491 would require clearer, separate calculations for tuition and transportation funding for Career & Technical Education; supporters said separation prevents one line item from ‘‘bleeding’’ into another, while department staff warned of up‑front local project‑management costs and senators asked how proration and federal maintenance‑of‑effort rules might limit increases.
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Senator David Waters, sponsor of SB 491, told the committee the bill aims to clarify how tuition and transportation are funded for Career & Technical Education (CTE) programs and to prevent one funding line from cannibalizing the other. "What this bill will do... is allow the department... to calculate the tuition, what's necessary for that, and the transportation, what's necessary for that," Waters said, adding that the change would enable better budget planning and potentially allow an appropriate funding increase in the next budget cycle.
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