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Higher Ed Program Development Enhancement |
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(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates SB 370
Relates to
HB 567/SB 455:
Faculty Development Fund
HB 391/SB 366:
LFC Technology Enhancement Fund
HB 393/SB 369:
LFC Higher Education Performance Fund
HB 394/SB 368:
LFC Work Force Skills Development Fund
HJM 27/SJM 25:
LFC Higher Education Performance Fund
HB 160/SB 221:
Work Force Skills Development Fund
SB 14:
Community College High Skills Training Fund
LFC Files
Commission on Higher Education (CHE)
Department of Labor (DOL)
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
House Bill 392 creates a new, non-reverting fund, the Higher Education Program Development Enhancement Fund. Money in the fund is appropriated to CHE to provide funds to public, post-secondary institutions to address critical state issues, including work force and professional training needs, enhancing instructional program and developing mission-specific instructional programs. CHE is authorized to develop a system for a competitive funding selection process and would annually identify four critical issues for funding. Award criteria may include: (1) collaboration; (2) commitment of matching funds and (3) evaluation components.
The Commission would
report to the Legislature and the Governor annually on the status of the fund
and associated projects. The effective
date of the bill is
Significant
Issues
DOL notes the program could duplicate existing
programs such as those available through Workforce Investment Act and the
In-Plant training program.
This is a Legislative
Finance Committee-sponsored bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
No Fiscal Impact. This bill does not include an appropriation.
According to the LFC
budget document, the program development enhancement fund is intended
The
program development/enhancement fund is intended to facilitate the development
or enhancement of academic and student support programs defined as priorities
for the future development of
In
addition, the committee recommends a $1 million appropriation of federal
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds to the program
development/enhancement fund. These
funds are to enhance post-secondary education opportunities for persons with
incomes below 200 percent of the poverty level.
It is anticipated participants may be male or female, with or without children. Support for participants will be in the form
of tuition for full-time students (12 or more credit hours) enrolled in
programs that result in professional nursing or teaching certification. Also, the commission may fund institutions
for direct costs related to the program in proportion to the number of eligible
participants in the program. Appropriate
administrative costs are also allowed.
The appropriation is contingent upon the commission developing a program
consistent with TANF funding guidelines after review by both the Human Services
Department and LFC.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
CHE notes this bill
reflects the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Higher Education-recommended Base Plus
Incentives funding approach.
AW/njw