HB 1119 Summary

• Appropriates funds to the Department of Career Education for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, with total appropriations exceeding $103 million across multiple programs and fund sources.

• Establishes maximum of 92 regular full-time employees for the department with specified salary ranges, plus authorization for up to 69 temporary/part-time employees in vocational, technical, and adult education programs.

• Allocates major funding for key programs including: $6.7 million for vocational/technical/adult education; $15.9 million for federal vocational education grants; $8.3 million for federal adult basic education grants; and $20.4 million for vocational center aid.

• Provides funding for specialized programs including $26.3 million for Office of Skills Development (workforce development and industry training), $769,234 for Governor's Commission on Adult Literacy, and $885,958 for Construction Industry Craft Training Program.

• Restricts salary increases for certain state employees covered under Act 2017, No. 94 until January 1, 2018, and declares emergency effective date of July 1, 2017.