Bill > H0476

This bill appropriates a total of $360,700 for fiscal year 2026 and $20,000 for fiscal year 2025 to the Office of the State Board of Education. * **OSBE Administration:** $20,000 from the Miscellaneous Revenue Fund for operating expenditures in fiscal year 2025, specifically for the Credit Mobility Grant. * **IT and Data Management:** $219,200 from the General Fund for personnel and operating expenditures in fiscal year 2026. * **School Safety and Security Program:** $10,000 from the General Fund and $111,500 from the Miscellaneous Revenue/School Security Assessment Fund for personnel and operating expenditures in fiscal year 2026. * **Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Position:** An increase of one FTE position is authorized for the Office of the State Board of Education for fiscal year 2026. * **Credit and Transcript Mobility Report:** The Office of the State Board of Education is required to report on funds spent for credit and transcript mobility over the previous five fiscal years by December 31, 2025. * **Outcomes-Based Funding for Higher Education:** The Office of the State Board of Education must develop and propose an outcomes-based funding model for colleges and universities by December 31, 2025, with implementation planned for fiscal year 2028 or earlier. * **Outcomes-Based Funding for Community Colleges:** The Office of the State Board of Education must develop and propose an outcomes-based funding model for community colleges by December 31, 2025, with implementation planned for fiscal year 2028 or earlier. * **Reappropriation of American Rescue Plan Fund:** Unexpended balances from the American Rescue Plan Fund for fiscal year 2025 are reappropriated for nonrecurring expenditures in fiscal year 2026.