MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2000 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Senator(s) Gordon, Thames, Chaney, Harden, Burton, Farris, Lee, Stogner, Turner

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES OF THE STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of defraying the administrative expenses of the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001 $ 8,187,813.00.

SECTION 2. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges, for the purpose of defraying the administrative expenses of the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001

$ 20,424,165.00.

SECTION 3. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration, for the purpose of defraying the expenses incurred in the regulation and administration of the Mississippi Proprietary School and College Registration Law and the associated expenses of the State Board of Community and Junior Colleges for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001

$ 60,000.00.

SECTION 4. With the funds appropriated under the provisions of Sections 1, 2 and 3, the following positions are authorized:

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time 41

Part Time 0

Time-Limited: Full Time 1

Part Time 0

Any transfers or escalations shall be made in accordance with the terms, conditions, and procedures established by law.

No general funds authorized to be expended herein shall be used to replace federal funds and/or other special funds which are being used for salaries authorized under the provisions of this act and which are withdrawn and no longer available.

SECTION 5. It is the intention of the Legislature that the budget requests of the administrative expenses of the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges for Fiscal Year 2002 shall be submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee in a format and level of detail comparable to the format and level of detail provided during the Fiscal Year 2001 budget request process.

SECTION 6. Of the funds appropriated in Section 2, Seven Million Three Hundred Ten Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty-seven Dollars ($7,310,987.00) shall be derived from Education Enhancement Funds deposited pursuant to Section 27-103-203 (1), Mississippi Code of 1972.

SECTION 7. Of the funds appropriated in Section 2, Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) shall be expended from the Work Force Carryover Fund as created by House Bill No. 1271, Regular Session of 1995.

SECTION 8. With the funds provided herein, it is the intention of the Legislature that the State Board of Community and Junior Colleges shall allocate an additional One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) above any Workforce Project funds distributed to the Coahoma Community College Skill/Tech Center for the Fiscal Year 2000.

SECTION 9. Of the funds appropriated in Sections 1 and 2, funds in the amount of Nineteen Million One Hundred Ninety-two Thousand Six Hundred Fifty-eight Dollars ($19,192,658.00) are appropriated for the Workforce Education Program and Industrial Training. No funding obligation or commitment shall be made on behalf of the state for industrial training beyond the level of funding made available in this section. All industrial training program commitments made in Fiscal Year 2001 and future fiscal years shall be based only upon funds available in this section and any proposed commitments shall be approved by the Executive Director of the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges, or the Executive Director's designee prior to such commitment being finalized. Industrial training program commitments shall be made and based only upon training services provided and not for a specific funding amount. Any expenditures of funds authorized in this section are limited to obligations made July 1, 2000, or after, and shall not be expended for obligations made prior to this date.

SECTION 10. Of the funds appropriated in Section 2, funds in the amount of One Hundred Twenty-five Thousand Dollars

($125,000.00) shall be derived from Community College Network fees for the purpose of defraying the costs of the Community College Network and the administrative expenses of the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges.

SECTION 11. Of the funds appropriated in Section 2, an amount up to Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) shall be allocated for up to four (4) community and junior colleges to participate in the Industrial Training Program which will lead to a four-year degree at the University of Southern Mississippi.

SECTION 12. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of this act, it is the intention of the Legislature that an amount not to exceed One Hundred Seventeen Thousand Dollars

($117,000.00) shall be used to defray the costs of a technology training program for the Community and Junior Colleges and Public Education.

SECTION 13. The money herein appropriated shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the proper fund or funds as set forth in this act, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue his warrants upon requisitions signed by the proper person, officer or officers in the manner provided by law.

SECTION 14. Should revenues generated and deposited to the Education Enhancement Fund pursuant to Section 27-103-203 (1), Mississippi Code of 1972, and apportioned pursuant to Section

37-61-33 (6), Mississippi Code of 1972, fall below funds appropriated herein from said source, the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges shall notify the Department of Finance and Administration as to which allotments shall be reduced to insure that expenditures do not exceed actual revenues.

SECTION 15. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2000.