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[Robin Scheu (Chair)]: Good afternoon. This is the House Appropriations Committee. It's Monday, 03/23/2026. It's just after 4PM, and we are back having explored our way through all the spreadsheets and the language and the web report and all the great information that our joint fiscal office folks have given us. So thank you all for all that information. Everybody got their questions answered? Not seeing any. And I know thank you all for being around and available, because I had a few questions because I couldn't remember where things were. It was you all just knew where everything was. We will have an updated web report and language to reflect the money for the civic journalism. That would both be part of tonight's thing. But we know that that's in there. Is that the only major change? I'm looking at Brady, but anybody else.
[Brady (Joint Fiscal Office)]: There was a change to the allocation section A-three 25 for HOP just to align with nine thirty eight.
[Robin Scheu (Chair)]: Right, okay. Great, so nothing else, Santa, that anybody's come up with. Well, are we ready to vote on this budget? I have a couple questions. Yes, please.
[Unidentified Committee Member (House Appropriations Committee)]: In the language section C103 on happens to be on page 103, and one hundred four and one hundred five, it's education, talking about transition grants. And I don't recall our having seen that before, and I'm just wondering where it came from. Oh,
[Robin Scheu (Chair)]: so you did see it before. Brady brought this as one of our parts of language. This is the money that we allocated for FY26. And somebody else will explain this better than me, but I'll try first. As they've gone along and as Joint Fiscal has seen what's happening with AOE and what we have seen and other people in talking with them, it's a reallocation
[Unidentified Committee Member (House Appropriations Committee)]: now that we're clear around what
[Robin Scheu (Chair)]: it needs to be used for. It was a little bit broader last year, there and was a lot of guessing on where it should go. And so, this is clarifying the dollars in a better way. It's the same money, it's no new money.
[Unidentified Committee Member (House Appropriations Committee)]: Right, I knew that. Just- Did the education committee take a look at this?
[Robin Scheu (Chair)]: Yes, we had a meeting with a lot of people involved. Our retail. Yeah. So anything else from joint fiscal that anybody needs to say about that? Think everybody seemed to be on board with what from the general assembly,
[Unidentified Committee Member (House Appropriations Committee)]: that's My what we're doing other question regarding the adult education language, which we reviewed here thinking it was going to go in the budget, but apparently a change, somebody has decided to join in miscellaneous but bill instead, which we have passed out. Mhmm. And I presume that means it's gonna have to be an amendment from the education committee on the floor or from somebody. But it's built. We don't have the bill anymore.
[Brady (Joint Fiscal Office)]: We can get back to you on that. I think It
[Robin Scheu (Chair)]: was supposed to be a miscellaneous I think they're doing an amendment on the floor for that. We'll check and confirm. It's not going to go away. I wanna make sure it doesn't go away. Right. Yes. I'm with you because we finally got it right. So, let's make sure it gets all the way through. It needs to be solved. And it is okay to go
[Unidentified Committee Member (House Appropriations Committee)]: in the miscellaneous end bill. Understand that. Yeah. Originally the directive came from the appropriations committee last year, it was something about it So in the either it needs to be answered in the budget or
[Robin Scheu (Chair)]: the miscellaneous bill. We'll make sure that it's in the miscellaneous, that was, I had forgotten all about that. Thanks for reminding me both of you that yes, that's the plan. I probably have a text about it. Well,
[Unidentified Committee Member (House Appropriations Committee)]: we can check and see when the miscellaneous info shows up on the floor to make
[Robin Scheu (Chair)]: sure that everybody's there. Is it the floor tomorrow? Well, is it unnoticed?
[Unidentified Committee Member (House Appropriations Committee)]: What's the number? 930 Oh, is it 931?
[Robin Scheu (Chair)]: It is yeah because John is doing that right we'll find out It's not going to get lost. Is that a part of the notice counter? Yeah. There's a lot of notice.
[Unidentified Committee Member (House Appropriations Committee)]: That's
[Robin Scheu (Chair)]: It's his new business. No. It's under new business. New business. They're trying to move through all the things that passed out of It's not a notice. I'm looking at the calendar for Tuesday, March 24. And it's on there as I'm going talk about it.
[Unidentified Committee Member (House Appropriations Committee)]: Maybe second reading? Yes, it's second reading. In theory, somebody's put an amendment on the third.
[Robin Scheu (Chair)]: Right, so someone from education weighs in me, I like can just, can Peter well just so to ask him too, But it will be on that bill. That's the plan is to have it on the bill. Maybe I'll text you that. All right. We can only multitask so far.
[Unidentified Committee Member (House Appropriations Committee)]: Well, if necessary, we can amend it.
[Robin Scheu (Chair)]: We can amend it if we need to. Right. Yeah.
[Unidentified Committee Member (House Appropriations Committee)]: Okay. Those are the only two questions. That's your questions. Okay.
[Robin Scheu (Chair)]: Any questions from anybody else? All right. If that is the case, I'll entertain a motion to pass out favorably. We don't have a number yet. The FY twenty seven budget. I so move. Okay, is there a second? Second job. All right. Any further discussion? Seeing none, the clerk is ready. Please call the roll. Representative Windham? Yes. Representative Dickinson? Yes. Representative Feltus? Yes. Representative Kascenska? Yes. Representative Laroche? Yes. Representative Mrowicki? Yes. Representative Nigro? Yes. Representative Squirrell? Yes. Representative Stevens? Yes. Representative Yacovone? Yes. Representative Shai? Yes. Eleven zero zero. Good job, everybody.
[Brady (Joint Fiscal Office)]: Very good. Thank you, Robin.
[Robin Scheu (Chair)]: You. Thank you, JFO. So appreciate it. Great job. Wow, here we are. We'll have some highlights tomorrow for caucuses. Caucus of the Whole Wednesday morning, floor, office hours Wednesday at lunchtime, and the show is on Thursday. The show. It's our show. So, I don't have plans for I don't know when we're going be back live. If we need to, we don't have any bills coming, but we'll see as we need to, we'll adjust the agenda, and I'll text if we need to. Otherwise, let us go offline, please. We do have one?