Program: Career and technical education
Appropriation: |
Federal Funds: |
$2,719,700 |
|
GF/GP: |
$605,200 |
|
Total: |
$3,324,900 |
Program Description:
This appropriation funds the staff that oversees vocational-technological education programs at high schools and other centers operating in concert with community college programs. It also administers federal grants as well as develops and implements new programs.
Program Recommendation:
Oversight and coordination of vocational and technical education programs should be provided by the organizations and individuals involved without state assistance. These organizations are best equipped to determine the amount of resources to be applied to these functions versus actual instruction. This program could be eliminated. Savings: $3,324,900. Governor Granholm’s 2005 proposal decreases the gross appropriation to $3,266,100.
Program: Adult education
Appropriation: |
Federal Funds: |
$2,121,600 |
|
GF/GP: |
$161,500 |
|
Total: |
$2,283,100 |
Program Description:
This appropriation funds the administration of several state and federal adult education programs in Michigan.
Recommended Action:
This program should be eliminated along with state adult education programs. Please see "Adult Basic Education" in the following section, "Department Grants," for the rationale. Savings: $2,283,100. Governor Granholm’s 2005 proposal increases the gross appropriation to $2,304,400.
Program: Commission on Spanish speaking affairs
Appropriation: |
All from GF/GP: |
$220,500 |
|
Total: |
$220,500 |
Program Description:
This appropriation funds the commission, which was created in 1975 to "assist Michigan’s Spanish-speaking citizens in areas such as education, employment, civil rights, health and housing." [11]
Recommended Action:
This commission and its funding should be eliminated. Although there is no doubt that Spanish-speaking citizens benefit from such assistance, the same is true of virtually every other non-English-speaking ethnic group in Michigan. This type of assistance is best provided and funded by local community organizations and ethnic associations. Civil rights violations should be addressed by the Department of Civil Rights. Savings: $220,500. Governor Granholm’s 2005 proposal decreases the gross appropriation to $221,000.