Relates to the appropriation to the Division of Career Technical Education for fiscal year 2020.

ThisistheFY2020originalappropriationbillfortheDivisionofCareerTechnicalEducation. Itappropriates a total of $78,760,200 and does not cap the number of authorized full-time employees. For benefit costs, the bill maintains the current appropriated amount for health insurance at $11,650 per eligible FTP; provides a 5.5% increase for the employer's share of PERSI contributions; and temporarily reduces the rate agencies pay the Division of Human Resources for its services. Funding for replacement items includes $629,500 for post-secondary course equipment and office computer equipment. For statewide cost allocation, $25,500 is provided. The bill also provides funding for the equivalent of a 3% change in employee compensation for permanent employees, with a minimum increase of $550 for each employee and the remaining amount to be distributed based on merit. The bill funds seven line items, which provides: $95,000 for program alignment, $200,000fortheworkforcereadinessincentivegrant, $100,000fortheProgramQualityInitiative; $319,600 for the nuclear energy and advanced reactor manufacturing, $800,000 for the Perkins Federal Grant income, $264,800 to offset projected shortfalls in added cost funding, and $25,000 for the Idaho Quality Program Standards Incentive Grant.