Relates to the appropriation to the STEM Action Center for fiscal year 2022.

ThisistheFY2022originalappropriationbillfortheSTEMActionCenter. Itappropriatesatotalof$5,986,000 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 6.00. For benefit costs, the bill maintains the current appropriated amount for health insurance at $11,650 per eligible FTP, extends the holiday for the employer's sick leave contribution rate for another year, and restores funding for the employer's unemployment insurance contribution rate. The bill also provides funding for the equivalent of a 2% change in employee compensation for permanent state employees. The bill funds two line items, which provide a decrease of $74,100 from dedicated funds and shifts $74,100 of General Fund from operating expenditures to personnel costs; and a second, which includes a decrease of $100,000 ongoing from the Miscellaneous Revenue Fund to eliminate a fund no longer in use.