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| SPONSOR: | Campos | DATE TYPED: | 03/06/99 | HB | |||
| SHORT TITLE: | Student Career Education Opportunities | SB | 509 | ||||
| ANALYST: | Eaton | ||||||
| Subsequent
Years Impact |
Recurring
or Non-Rec |
Fund
Affected | ||
| FY99 | FY2000 | |||
| $ 1,000.0 | Non-Recurring | General Fund | ||
(Parentheses ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
State Department of Education (SDE)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
This bill would appropriate one million dollars ($1,000,000) from the general fund to the Vocational Education Division of the Department of Public Education for expenditure in fiscal year 2000.
The funding is to be used to support a career education opportunity for students who choose a post-secondary education program with national skills certification. More specifically, the funds will be used to upgrade/purchase equipment and materials to bring Vo-Tech programs up to industry standards and provide for performance-based accountability reporting to meet the requirements of the Federal Carl Perkins and Applied Technology Act of 1998.
The funds will be allocated to public schools on a competitive basis.
Significant Issues
The Department of Education Reports that for the first time in history, technical occupations on average pay higher wages than professional occupations. Sixty-five percent of jobs available are in technical fields. This funding will provide training at the high school level for students who elect to pursue technical careers and continuing education at Vo-Tech Institutions after high school.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
This legislation will have a non-recurring negative impact on the general fund of one million dollars ($1,000,000). Because the funding will be awarded for non-recurring program costs, schools must identify operational resources that would be necessary to maintain the program operation on an on-going basis.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
This legislation would create a new project for the State Department of Education to administer. No negative impact on the department or public schools is reported.
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