Relates to the appropriation to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for fiscal year 2021.

This is the FY 2021 original appropriation bill for the Superintendent of Public Instruction. It appropriates a total of $37,841,000 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 124.00. For benefit costs, the bill maintains the current appropriated amount for health insurance at $11,650 per eligible FTP and temporarily removes funding for the employer's sick leave contribution rate. Funding for replacement items includes $169,200 for network servers and switches; UPS backup systems; software; and miscellaneous equipment. The bill also provides funding for the equivalent of a 2% change in employee compensation for permanent state employees, with an additional 2% increase for those in the 20 job classifications most in need of equity adjustments. The bill funds three line items: line item 1 removes $100,000 for unspent online class portal funds; line item 2 nets to zero across the appropriation, moving $26,176,300 out of the program titled "State Dept. of Education - Administration" and into a new program titled "Student Services;" and line item 3 removes 18.00 FTP and $2,714,800 to move IT and data management to the Office of the State Board of Education. Also included are adjustments to pay the Office of Information Technology Services. Lastly, the ongoing General Fund appropriation is reduced by 2%.