Senate Bill 3121

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 2005.

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, 2004, and ending June 30, 2005............................... $ 5,456,290.00.

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, 2004, and ending June 30, 2005...............

............................................ $ 15,665,691.00.

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 for Community and Junior Colleges for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004, and ending June 30, 2005

............................................ $ 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........... 0

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and/or other special funds which are being used for salaries authorized under the provisions of this act and which are withdrawn and no longer available.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 2006 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 2005 budget request process.

SECTION 6. Of the funds appropriated herein, One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) shall be expended from the Work Force Carryover Fund as created by House Bill No. 1271, Regular Session of 1995.

SECTION 7. Of the funds appropriated in Sections 1 and 2, funds in the amount of Eighteen Million Four Hundred Ninety-six Thousand Fifty-five Dollars ($18,496,055.00) 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 2005 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, 2004, or after, and shall not be expended for obligations made prior to this date.

SECTION 8. 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 9. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 2, funds in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) shall be derived from fees charged for issuing duplicate transcripts and duplicate diplomas for the General Education Development (GED) Testing Program for the purpose of defraying the costs of administering the GED Testing Program of the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges, in accordance with Senate Bill No. 2626, Regular Session of 2002.

SECTION 10. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 2, funds in the amount of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) shall be derived from fees charged for the Workforce On-Line Training Program for the purpose of defraying the costs of administering a Workforce On-Line Training Program available to individual citizens and employers of the State of Mississippi and for the administrative expenses of the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges.

SECTION 11. It is the intention of the Legislature that the State Board of Community and Junior Colleges is hereby authorized to accept, budget and expend funds from any source in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) in accordance with rules and regulations of the Department of Finance and Administration in a manner consistent with the escalation of federal funds.

SECTION 12. 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 13. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2004.