Matt Gray
- Democratic
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Workforce diploma pilot program - performance payments to qualified providers for student outcomes - appropriation. The act creates the workforce diploma pilot program (program) in the department of education (department) to award completion payments to qualified providers for the attainment of certain outcomes achieved by eligible students enrolled in the courses or programs, including earning high school diplomas, course credits, or industry-recognized training certificates. The department shall administer the program. The program will operate in any year in which the general assembly appropriates money for the program. Based on criteria listed in the act, the department shall prepare a list of qualified providers. A qualified provider may be a public, nonprofit, or private accredited, degree-granting organization with at least 2 years of experience in providing adult dropout recovery services resulting in an accredited high school diploma, as well as a local education provider, as defined for purposes of existing adult literacy and education programs. The act sets forth the amount of the payments qualified providers receive for each completion or attainment outcome achieved by their eligible students. The act includes performance standards for qualified providers and allows the department to suspend or remove providers from the list of qualified providers for failing to meet those standards. Qualified providers receiving payments must report certain information to the department. The department shall report to certain committees of the general assembly summarizing the information reported by qualified providers. The act repeals the program in 2022. For the 2019-20 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $1,012,201 and 0.2 FTE from the general fund to the department of education to implement the program. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Governor Signed
Signed by the President of the Senate
Sent to the Governor
Signed by the Speaker of the House
House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee
Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations
Introduced In House - Assigned to Education + Appropriations
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| Committee Amendment | |
| PA1 (04/11/2019) | |
| PA2 (04/25/2019) | |
| PA3 (04/30/2019) | |
| Introduced (03/12/2019) | |
| Engrossed (04/25/2019) | |
| Reengrossed (04/26/2019) | |
| Revised (05/02/2019) | |
| Rerevised (05/03/2019) | |
| Final Act (05/15/2019) | |
| Signed Act (06/01/2019) |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| Fiscal Note SA1 (04/24/2019) | |
| Fiscal Note SA2 (04/30/2019) | |
| Fiscal Note FN1 (03/22/2019) | |
| Fiscal Note FN2 (08/13/2019) |
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