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Subcommittee restores community college funding, tightens Excel CTE eligibility
Summary
The subcommittee approved a package restoring capital outlay, business-and-industry, technical college operating grants and student-success funding for community and technical colleges, added $6.2 million for Excel CTE tuition in FY26, and added provisos limiting Excel CTE reimbursement to juniors/seniors with a 2.0 GPA and barring reimbursement for repeated failed courses.
The Higher Education Subcommittee moved and approved a restoration package for community and technical colleges that reverses portions of a prior global motion and inserts targeted provisos for the Excel CTE program.
Senator Alley presented the proposal: move roughly $5.2 million of unused college funds plus an additional $1 million to create $6.2 million for Excel CTE tuition for FY26, and restore a larger FY27 package that includes capital outlay ($12.4 million), business/industry/apprenticeship funding ($14.3…
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