Total appropriations were increased significantly, with Section 1 rising from $226.3 million to $233.3 million and Section 2 rising from $65.8 million to $80.8 million.
New Section 3 was added to explicitly allocate $64.8 million from the Education Enhancement Fund for college operations.
New Section 23 was added to appropriate $15 million from the Capital Expense Fund for construction, repair, and renovation projects at community colleges.
New Section 10 was added to allocate $10 million for an Education Technology Program, split between general funds and the Education Enhancement Fund.
New Section 11 was added to allocate $2.6 million specifically for Associate Degree Nursing and Allied Health Programs.
New Section 9 was added to allocate $179,050 for Sign Language Interpreter Training.
New Section 22 was added to provide $6.97 million for a $2,000 salary increase for professors, with discretion given to campus presidents.
The funding formula in Section 4 was expanded to include specific weightings for Nursing (1.19) and Allied Health (1.19) programs.
New Section 8 was added to allocate $6.75 million for Workforce and Economic Development Support, including start-up costs for new programs and equipment replacement.
New Section 13 was added to allocate $10 million for the Career and Technical Advantage Program, with 15% distributed evenly and 85% based on prior year FTE hours.
New Section 12 was added to allocate $3 million for a dropout recovery initiative aimed at enrolling low-skill adults in career pathways.
New Section 7 was added to allocate $1 million from the Insurance Carryover Fund to fully fund life and health insurance for employees.
New Section 6 was added to allocate $32.6 million for life and health insurance for all employees.
New Section 5 lists the specific community colleges eligible to participate in the funding.
New Section 4 establishes a detailed funding formula based on prior year Full-Time Equivalency (FTE) hours, with specific weights for different program types.
New Section 3 allocates $51.9 million from the Education Enhancement Fund for college support.
New Section 2 authorizes $175.9 million from the General Fund for college support.
New Section 1 increases the total appropriation for college operations to $233,257,625.00.
