Relates to the appropriation to the Division of Career Technical Education for fiscal years 2022 and 2023.

This is the FY 2023 original appropriation bill for the Division of Career Technical Education. It appropriates a total of $84,238,600 and includes support for secondary and postsecondary career technical programming. For benefit costs, the bill increases the appropriated amount for health insurance by $850 to $12,500 per eligible full time FTP, includes a one-year holiday of unemployment insurance, and adjusts workers' compensation amounts. The bill also provides funding for permanent employees for the equivalent of a 3% salary structure shift and provides $1.25 per hour per eligible employee to be distributed based on merit for change in employee compensation. The bill funds six line items, which provide additional funds for added cost and program growth for secondary CTE programs; quality program grant expansion; program quality support; postsecondary program support; a federal apprenticeship grant; and multiple program transfers to align programs. This bill includes onetime FY 2022 supplemental appropriations, which provide for program transfers and account category realignment and program expansion and support. The latter includes funding to integrate the divisions data management with the Idaho System for Education Excellence, secondary and postsecondary grants for modernization and expansion, and program-industry alignment efforts. DISCLAIMER: This statement of purpose and