HB1063 Summary

• Establishes maximum of 93 regular employees for the Department of Career Education for fiscal year 2012-2013, with regular salaries totaling $3,104,788.

• Appropriates $6,591,125 for Vocational, Technical and Adult Education programs, including $1,611,456 for apprenticeship programs and $2,500 for motor vehicle education.

• Appropriates $20,457,904 in federal funds for Federal Vocational, Technical and Adult Education, including $16,922,876 in vocational education grants to school districts.

• Appropriates $19,860,569 for Adult Basic and General Adult Education grants and aid, with $20,136,383 for Vocational Center Aid and $2,370,000 for Vocational Start-Up grants.

• Includes special provisions allowing funds to match available federal money, directing $300,000 annually for educational training/retraining, and establishing secondary technical center aid based on student enrollment counts rather than sending school percentages.