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STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT NO.

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19-579/EDUCATION SUBJECT: FY 2018 RECOMMENDED BUDGET MAY 29, 2017 The Honorable Wesley W. Simina Speaker, Twentieth Congress Federated States of Micronesia First Regular Session, 2017 Dear Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Education, to which was jointly referred Presidential Communication No.

19-579 regarding the National Government’s Recommended FY2018 Budget, begs leave to report as follows: Presidential Communication No.
19-579 was transmitted to Congress with the National Government Fiscal Year 2018 Recommended Budget (“budget book”).

Pursuant to Rule 7, Section 3(b), of the Official Rules of Procedure of the Twentieth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia, your Committee has limited its review to those portions of the recommended budget relating to matters under its jurisdiction.

These are: A.

Department of Education 1.

Office of the Secretary 2.


Division of Quality and Effectiveness (formerly the Division of Basic Education & Accreditation) 3.

Division of Formal and Non Formal Education (formerly the Division of Career & Technical) B.

Board of Regents COM-FSM C. Grants, Subsidies and Contributions.

1.

Aid to Non-Public schools 2.

Financial Assistance for FSM students at CMI SCRL 20-10/FY 2018 RECOMMENDED BUDGET/EDUCATION COMMITTEE STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT NO.

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Financial Assistance for FSM students at PCC 4.

National Scholarship 5.

National Close-Up 6.

National Merit Scholarship 7.

COM-FSM Annual Board Meeting D. Resources: Grants, Subsidies and Contributions 1.

COM-FSM Treaty Obligations E. Capital & Human Resources Development 1.

College of Micronesia-FSM 2.

FSM Fisheries and Maritime Institute 3.

COM-FSM-SEG 4.
COM-FSM-SEG 4.

National Department of Education 3 Initiatives a.

School Accreditation Project b.

Teacher Certification Project c. Quality Development Project 5.

NDOE SEG Project Year 3 6.

Human Resources in Education This report, and all previous and subsequent reports of your Committee, should be treated as reflecting policies of the Federated States of Micronesia, as defined by the Congress.
It is the intent of your Committee that any commentary found in this report should be treated as policy for the guidance of the department, agencies and entities.

The findings and recommendations of your Committee follow: I.

INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS Your Committee notes that the FY2018 Budget Book was transmitted to the Nineteenth Congress on April 1, 2017.

During your Committee’s review of the Budget Book it has noted some inaccuracies, and these are detailed in the relevant portions of the report below.
Your Committee has prepared its recommendations for the above-cited items on the following breakdown of available funds $922,672 from the Supplemental Education Grant (SEG) for the National Department of Education of which $366,598 is proposed for operations of the Department and the -2- STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT NO.

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19-579/EDUCATION SUBJECT: FY 2018 RECOMMENDED BUDGET MAY 29, 2017 remaining for a project for the Department proposed at $556,074.
The amount of SEG available for COM-FSM is $689,948.

Pursuant to P.L.

No.

18-57, the funding available for NDOE from the Compact Education Sector Grant for FY18 is zero.

The funding available for Education Sector Grant for FSM-COM is $1,000,000.

Your Committee held public hearings with the National Department of Education on May 17 and 22, 2017.

Your Committee also held a public hearing with the College of Micronesia-FSM on May 19, 2017.
Witnesses at the hearings included: the Secretary of the Department of Education and his key staff, the President of COM-FSM and his key staff, and representatives from the Departments of Finance and Administration, representatives from the Department of Justice, representatives from the Office of Personnel, and Office of the President.

The Committee notes that during the previous year the National Department of Education underwent a dramatic reorganization.
This reorganization has resulted in major shifts between the three main divisions of this department.

The Committee notes its dissatisfaction with the renaming of the Division of Basic Education & Accreditation to the Division of Quality and Effectiveness; and the renaming of the Division of Career and Technical Education to the Division of Formal and Non Formal Education.
Your Committee does not feel that these division names reflect our Nation’s efforts to improve education or the dignity that should be strived for at the highest level of government.

There is also a request for an increase in the budget for FY2018.
Your Committee is mindful of the timetable for adoption of a resolution regarding the remaining Compact funding and Supplemental Education Grant on May 30, however, it feels that more oversight is needed regarding the restructuring and progress for the National Department of Education.

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19-579/EDUCATION SUBJECT: FY 2018 RECOMMENDED BUDGET MAY 29, 2017 conduct extensive oversight with the Department in the coming September 2017 regular session.

Further, the Committee understands that the budget proposed below represents the requests by the Department and College without modification by the President.
For matters under the jurisdiction of your Committee of Education, for its FY18 budget recommendations, it is adhering to the decision of Congress as a whole, not to increase personnel or budget over the FY17 levels.

As personnel and activities have shifted between the divisions of the National Department of Education, for clarity the Committee states here that the personnel and budget ceiling applies to the totality of the three divisions.

II.

FY 2018 BUDGET – SOURCES AND RECOMMENDATIONS A.


DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 1.

Office of the Secretary FY2017 Appropriated FY2017 President Recommends FY2017 Committee Recommends 80,772 27,063 20,000 21,600 -0- 149,435 128,983 90,000 15,000 20,649 -0- 254,632 128,090 50,000 15,000 20,649 -0- 213,739 4 7 7 Personnel Travel Contract OCE Fixed Assets Total Number of Employees The President recommended a budget of $254,632 for the Office of the Secretary to be funded entirely from Domestic Revenue for FY18.
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19-579/EDUCATION SUBJECT: FY 2018 RECOMMENDED BUDGET MAY 29, 2017 discussed below for the Office of the Secretary with individual budget commentary as specifically set forth: There is a dramatic increase in the number of positions recommended for the Office of the Secretary for FY18.
In previous years there have been four positions, however, for the coming year the President recommends three positions be shifted from other divisions for a total of seven positions for the Office of the Secretary.

The Secretary advised your Committee that all the administrative activities will now be concentrated in his Office, and that it was felt this would make the overall function of the Department more efficient.
The President’s recommendation for personnel differs from the listing provided by the Office of Personnel on May 1, 2017, for two positions.

The Administrative Officer II is listed as $19,070 in the Budget Book while it is currently $17,177 according to the Office of Personnel.

When questioned NDOE stated that there is an intention to raise the salary, grade and step for this position.
Your Committee specifically advised the Department that it would not entertain salary increases for this coming fiscal year as a matter of policy.

The other issue is that a Secretary I position is actually listed too low at $9,939 in the Budget Book while the Office of Personnel has this position at $10,978.

The Committee recommends including the correct salary for this position and requests that in the future more attention to the budget process and review be done to avoid these types of errors.
With the above adjustments your Committee recommends the personnel category be reduced by $893 to The President recommends a substantial increase to the budget for Travel for the Office of the Secretary in FY18.

In FY17 travel for the Office of the Secretary was appropriated in the amount of $27,063, while the proposed travel budget for FY18 is $90,000.

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19-579/EDUCATION SUBJECT: FY 2018 RECOMMENDED BUDGET MAY 29, 2017 The Department stated that some of this increase was due to the inclusion of the Post Secondary Specialist in the Office of the Secretary, and the increased support for the quarterly FACSO meetings.
Your Committee agrees with the importance of the FACSO meetings and recommends the funding of those trips in their entirety, as well as, the travel for the Post Secondary Specialist, especially regarding the continued efforts to reconcile the debt owed by our students at Palau Community College.
However, this Committee is dismayed at the ever-increasing travel budgets for the National Department of Education, and recommends the travel for the Office of the Secretary be funded at $50,000 for this coming FY18.

It is the responsibility of NDOE to set priorities for its travel, other than the FACSO meetings, and to work within this budget.

The President recommends the Office of the Secretary receive a decrease in budget for Contractual Services in FY18 compared to that appropriated in FY17.
The recommended budget for FY18 for this category is $15,000.

The Secretary stated that the reason behind this decrease was fewer printing needs.

Your Committee does not see reason to disagree with this statement and recommends Contractual Services for the Office of the Secretary at $15,000 for FY18.

The President has recommended a slight decrease in the category of OCE for FY18 compared to FY17.

The proposed FY18 budget is $20,649.


The Department stated that the President, for a second year, has strongly requested reductions from all departments in the category of OCE.

When asked if the Office of the Secretary could work effectively in the coming fiscal year within the proposed funding level the Secretary stated they could.
Your Committee, absence of evidence to the contrary, defers to the Secretary in this instance, however, is states that the emerging pattern of reducing office operations budgets and increasing travel budgets does not give a favorable impression of the management of the Department.

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19-579/EDUCATION SUBJECT: FY 2018 RECOMMENDED BUDGET MAY 29, 2017 Your Committee recommends funding for the Office of the Secretary for FY2018 at $213,739 entirely from Domestic Revenue.

2.
Division of Quality and Effectiveness (formerly the Division of Basic Education & Accreditation) FY2017 Appropriated 295,422 116,500 101,527 36,928 2,500 FY2018 President Recommend 173,661 157,829 89,157 24,046 5,400 FY2018 Committee Recommend 164,166 116,500 89,157 24,046 5,400 Domestic Revenue SEG -0- 164,166 16,671 99,829 15,000 74,157 1,000 23,046 5,400 -0- 552,877 14 450,093 8 399,269 8 32,671 366,598 8 Personnel Travel Contract OCE Fix Assets Total Employee # The President recommends a budget of $450,093 for the Division of Quality and Effectiveness for FY2018; with $83,495 proposed to come from Domestic Revenue, and $366,598 from SEG.
Your Committee is concerned with the shifting of personnel and funding away from the core and most important division of NDOE.

This Division is responsible for the three initiatives of teacher certification, school accreditation and student testing, and are the primary mandates for the National Department of Education.
To begin with in the Personnel category the Committee notes the following positions’ salaries are listed incorrectly in the Budget Book: The Bridging the Gap Specialist for Chuuk State is listed in the Budget Book at $19,070 while the current salary is $16,303 according to the Office of Personnel; The Assessment and Research Specialist is listed -7- STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT NO.

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19-579/EDUCATION SUBJECT: FY 2018 RECOMMENDED BUDGET MAY 29, 2017 in the Budget Book at $19,070 while according to the Office of Personnel it is currently paid at $16,303; and the Data Management Specialist is listed in the Budget Book at $14,723 but according to the Office of Personnel it is being paid at $12,060.

Your Committee does not approve of the creation of an administration tier of Assistant Secretary.
This position is proposed to be filled by the current head of this division at the same salary, and the Committee believes it should remain with the same title.

It is the opinion of this Committee that there needs to be a reduction in the number of administrative positions at the National Government, not an increase.
Taking into consideration the above comments, your Committee finds as follows: that all salaries should be recommended at the current level as listed in the Office of Personnel, therefore in consideration of the above your Committee recommends a decrease in personnel cost to $165,166.

The entire Personnel budget for this Division will be funded by SEG.

Your Committee notes with concern that the Travel budget for this Division is substantially increased compared to previous years.
For FY18 $157,829 is proposed, of which $99,829 would come from SEG and the remaining $58,000 is proposed to come from Domestic Revenue.

There are fewer recommended positions for this Division, but they will be traveling even more.

The Department stated that in order to improve assessment and coordination more funding had been requested for the FACSSO meeting attendance and the three primary initiatives of NDOE, teacher certification, school accreditation and student testing.
The Committee does agree that funding for these areas is very important, but encourages the Department to make the most effective use of this travel as possible.

Your Committee, however, strongly disagrees with the proposed international travel and any increase in the travel budget funded by domestic revenue, except where funding for FACSSO trips are indicated.

For the above reasons your Committee recommends the travel budget be maintained at $116,500 for the coming FY18.
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19-579/EDUCATION SUBJECT: FY 2018 RECOMMENDED BUDGET MAY 29, 2017 The President proposes a budget of $89,157 for Contracts for the Division, with $74,157 proposed to come from SEG, and the remaining $15,000 from Domestic Revenue.

As in past years the contractual services category for this Division has provided much needed funding for fuel for the trips to our outer islands to do student testing and the school accreditation work.
These are necessary and expensive trips that must take place at least annually.

Your Committee strongly agrees with the importance of these activities, and concurs with President’s recommendation of $89,157.

The Committee notes that the OCE for this important division is proposed to be reduced by one third, and that is on top of the ten percent reduction taken last year.

The current recommendation by the President is $24,046 for OCE for FY18.
Of the proposed FY18 budget in this category $23,046 is proposed to come from SEG, and the remaining $1,000 from Domestic Revenue.

Although the Secretary stated that funding level was sufficient for all of the activities proposed this coming fiscal year the Committee defers to the request of the Secretary but remains skeptical.

The Committee concurs with the President’s recommendation of $24,046.
The President’s recommendation funding for Fixed Assets for the Division of Quality and Effectiveness for FY18 is $5,400, and it is proposed that it should be funded from SEG in its entirety.

Your Committee concurs with this recommendation by the President.

For the reasons set forth in detail your Committee recommends $399,269 for the Division of Quality and Effectiveness for FY2018.
The portion of this Division to be funded by SEG is recommended at $366,598, with the remaining $32,671 to come from Domestic Revenue.

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19-579/EDUCATION SUBJECT: FY 2018 RECOMMENDED BUDGET MAY 29, 2017 3.
Division of Formal and Non Formal Education (formerly the Division of Career and Technical Education) FY2017 Appropriated FY2018 President Recommend FY2018 Committee Recommend Personnel Travel Contract OCE Fixed Assets Total Employees # 36,317 15,000 46,866 11,522 -0- 109,705 2 159,910 99,890 47,069 18,350 7,000 332,219 8 159,910 15,000 46,866 11,522 -0- 233,229 8 The President recommends a budget of $374,114 for the Division of Formal and Non Formal Education for FY2018, to come from Domestic Revenue in its entirety.
This represents a dramatic proposed budget increase for this Division, and an increase in employees from two to eight.

Your Committee was advised that the position of “SPEC”, the sports specialist was transferred to the Department from the Department of Health and Social Affairs by Executive Order.
The ECE Program Manager was changed to this Division from the formerly Division of Basic Education and Accreditation, as were the Education Specialist in Arts (formerly Procurement Officer) and the Gifted and Talented Education Specialist.

The Chief of Basic Education and Accreditation has been shifted to this Division with the new title Assistant Secretary.

The Committee is deeply concerned with the enormous shift in personnel to this division.
Technical and vocational training strays far from the narrow constitutional mandate for the education at the National level.

The States have career, technical and vocational programs that are fully functioning and tailored to their unique needs.

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19-579/EDUCATION SUBJECT: FY 2018 RECOMMENDED BUDGET MAY 29, 2017 any expansion at the National level risks duplication and will take a detrimental one size fits all approach.
The Committee is not critical of our current dedicated employees at NDOE but it fails to see how the transfer of the ECE Program Manager, specialist for math and science, and education specialist in art and gifted & talented education specialist to a technical and vocational education division is a rational decision.

It strongly urges the Secretary to reconsider this reorganization.
The Committee recommends the full funding of the Personnel category at $159,910, as it is unwilling to defund positions at this time, but it puts NDOE on notice that this newly reorganized division will be called in for oversight with Committee in September 2017.

Finally, the Committee again objects to the change in title of division head to Assistant Secretary.
Your Committee does not approve of an expansion of the career, vocational and technical activities for NDOE, and it recommends funding for travel, contractual services, OCE and fixed assets be reduced to the FY17 funding levels.

For the reasons set forth above your Committee recommends the total budget for the Division of Formal and Non Formal Education for FY2018 at $233,229.

OVERALL BUDGET SUMMARY FY2018 – DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FY2017 Approp.
Personnel 444,621 249,986 Travel 145,226 Contract 70,050 OCE 2,500 Fix Asset FY2018 President Recommend 462,554 347,719 151,226 63,045 12,400 FY2018 Committee Recommend 452,166 181,500 151,226 56,217 5,400 Domestic Revenue SEG 288,000 164,166 99,829 74,157 23,046 5,400 81,671 77,069 33,171 -0- -11- STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT NO.

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19-579/EDUCATION SUBJECT: FY 2018 RECOMMENDED BUDGET MAY 29, 2017 Total Number Employee 912,383 1,036,944 23 22 848,509 23 481,911 366,598 8 15 B.

Board of Regents –COM-FSM During the hearing with College of Micronesia-FSM the Committee heard about the proposed increase from $105,000 to $115,000 for FY18 for the Board of Regents for additional fundraising activities.
Your Committee believes that the efforts of the College and its Board of Regents are worthwhile and the endowment is increasing incrementally every year.

The Committee, therefore, concurs with the President’s recommendation of $115,000 for the COM-FSM Board of Regents for funding for FY18.
C. Grants, Subsidies and Contributions FY2017 Appropriated FY2018 President Recommend FY2018 Committee Recommend 600,000 600,000 600,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 75,000 75,000 75,000 300,000 275,000 275,000 5,000 3,170,000 5,000 4,140,000 5,000 3,145,000 Aid to Non- Public Schools Aid to CMI Students Aid to PCC Students National Scholarship National Close-Up Merit Scholarship COM-Board Mtg Total -12- STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT NO.
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19-579/EDUCATION SUBJECT: FY 2018 RECOMMENDED BUDGET MAY 29, 2017 The President’s budget book recommends funding for FY18 for Grants, Subsidies and Contributions for the National Department of Education in the total amount of $4,140,000, to be funded entirely from Domestic Revenue.

Your Committee concurs with the President’s recommendations for all categories except the National Scholarship.
The newly formed National Scholarship Board is delayed in making awards to our students, and the National Scholarship balance remains high for this current fiscal year.

The Committee intends to do a detailed oversight with the National Scholarship Board and relevant witnesses during the next session of Congress.
The Committee believes that the funding appropriated this FY17 in the amount of $260,000 to pay for the outstanding debts of COM-FSM students should be sufficient, at least through the fall term for those students.

Without further information the Committee has decided to recommend that the current funding level of $2,000,000 be maintained.
On a final note the Committee remains concerned that the reconciliation of the debt owed by our students at the Palau Community College has not been presented to the Committee during its oversight hearing.

Your Committee requests that a detailed analysis of this debt be submitted to the Committee and a recommendation by NDOE as a to a way forward to satisfy the approximately $1,000,000 debt owed by our students.
A submission on this matter should be made to the Committee by NDOE by December 15, 2017, so that the Committee may review it prior to the January 2018 regular session of Congress.

In accordance with the above analysis the Committee recommends $3,145,000 for Grants, Subsidies and Contributions for the National Department of Education for FY18.

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19-579/EDUCATION SUBJECT: FY 2018 RECOMMENDED BUDGET MAY 29, 2017 D. Resources: Grants, Subsidies and Contributions 1.

COM-FSM Treaty Obligation Your Committee recommends funding of $25,000 for the COM- FSM Treaty Obligations for FY18, which remain the same as in past years.

The source of this funding is Domestic Revenue.

E. Capital & Human Resources Development FY2017 Approp.
FY2018 President Recomm FY2018 Committee Recommd FY2018 Domestic FY2018 Sector FY2018 SEG 3,800,000 833,915 683,948 3,800,000 833,915 689,948 3,800,000 2,800,000 1,000,000 -0- -0- 833,915 -0- 833,915 689,948 8,545,500 4,252,250 4,252,250 -0- 4,252,250 404,792 556,074 -0- -0- -0- -0- 1,112,148 556,074 556,074 -0- -0- -0- -0- 100,000 100,000 100,000 -0- 168,000 168,000 168,000 -0- 82,650 82,650 82,650 -0- 700,694 260,000 -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- 689,948 -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- 556,074 -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- 7,100,803 11,183,531 10,482,837 3,984,565 5,252,250 1,246,022 -14- COM FMI COM SEG COM-FSM Build NDOE Proj Data (SEG) Year 3 Project (SEG) School Accred Teach Cert.
Develop Qual.

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19-579/EDUCATION SUBJECT: FY 2018 RECOMMENDED BUDGET MAY 29, 2017 The President recommends $11,183,531 in funding for Capital & Human Resources Development for the coming FY18 budget.

The recommendations for COM-FSM, FMI, the COM-FSM SEG share, and the NDOE three initiatives are well known to the Committee and the proposed funding remains as in years past.
The Committee concurs with these recommendations.

There is SEG funding available to the Department for FY18 in the amount of $556,074.

The Committee has been advised that this funding will be used to build on previous programs of data management, teacher & principal training and improved record keeping and reporting.

The scope of the use of this funding is currently being slightly modified and the final project narrative has not been provided to the Committee.
Your Committee feels comfortable with the general outlines provided it and approves of the recommendation for the NDOE SEG project for Year 3 with the caveat that it will also be reviewing this area during the September session.

A very large budget was proposed by the President for a project titled “Human Resources in Education”.

This project was proposed at $700,694 for FY18.


When the Committee inquired as to the nature of this project the Secretary stated that this was to fund the first step in the reopening of a high school with a vocational and technical emphasis.

Your Committee strongly disagrees with funding this project at the National Government.
This does not fit within the narrow constitutional jurisdiction for NDOE, and moreover the teaching of career, vocational and technical education is being exclusively conducted at the State Departments of Education.

Your Committee does not recommend any funding for the Human Resources in Education project.
Your Committee recommends funding for Capital & Human Resources Development for the coming FY18 budget at $10,482,837 with $3,984,565 from Domestic Revenue, $5,252,250 from Sector funds and $1,246,022 from SEG.

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19-579/EDUCATION SUBJECT: FY 2018 RECOMMENDED BUDGET MAY 29, 2017 III.
SUMMARY OF BUDGET DISTRIBUTION BY FUNDING SOURCES RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION FOR FY2018 Description Domesti c Revenue 32,671 600,000 213,739 233,229 115,000 NDOE: Office Secretary NDOE: Quality & Effectivenes s NDOE: Formal Non Formal Board of Regents-COM Aid to Non- Public Schools CMI Students 40,000 PCC Students 150,000 National Scholarship National Close-Up Merit Scholarship COM-FSM Board Mtg.
COM-Treaty COM-FSM 00 75,000 275,000 2,800,0 2,000,0 25,000 5,000 FSM-FMI COM-FSM SEG Accreditatio n Project 00 833,915 -0- 100,000 Compact Infrastructu re Sector Grant -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- Compact Educati on Sector Grant Supplement al Education Grant (SEG) -0- -0- -0- 366,598 -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- 689,948 -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- 1,000,0 00 -0- -0- -0- -16- STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT NO.
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19-579/EDUCATION SUBJECT: FY 2018 RECOMMENDED BUDGET MAY 29, 2017 Teacher Certificatio n Project Development Qualificatio n NDOE Yr 3 SEG Project HR in ED COM Infrastructu re Total 168,000 -0- -0- 82,650 -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- 556,074 -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- 4,252,250 7,749,2 1,000,0 1,612,620 4,252,250 04 00 -0- -0- -0- IV.
SUMMARY OF PRESIDENT’S RECOMMENDED BUDGET REQUESTS COMPARED TO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS The following budget summary reflects your Committee’s recommended funding levels compared to the President’s Recommended Budget Requests for areas of the Fiscal Year 2018 Budget under the purview of your Committee on Education.

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19-579/EDUCATION SUBJECT: FY 2018 RECOMMENDED BUDGET MAY 29, 2017 Description NDOE: Office Secretary NDOE: Quality &Effective NDOE: Formal/Nonformal Board of Regents- COM Aid to Non-Public Schools CMI Students Assistance PCC Students Assistance National Scholarship National Close-Up Merit Scholarship COM-FSM Board Mtg.

COM-FSM Treaty COM-FSM COM-FMI COM-FSM--SEG COM Infrastructure NDOE Accreditation NDOE Teacher Cert.
Development Quality HR in Education NDOE SEG Year 3 Total FY2018 President Recommended FY2018 Committee Recommends 254,632 450,093 332,219 115,000 600,000 40,000 150,000 213,739 399,269 233,229 115,000 600,000 40,000 150,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 75,000 275,000 5,000 25,000 3,800,000 833,915 689,948 4,252,250 100,000 168,000 82,650 -0- 556,074 14,614,074 75,000 275,000 5,000 25,000 3,800,000 833,915 689,948 4,252,250 100,000 168,000 82,650 700,694 556,074 16,505,475 -18- STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT NO.
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19-579/EDUCATION SUBJECT: FY 2018 RECOMMENDED BUDGET MAY 29, 2017 V. CONCLUSION Your Committee on Education has carefully reviewed the President’s Recommended FY2018 budget and all of the supplemental information provided by the Executive and the entities within your Committee’s jurisdiction.
The recommended sums set forth above reflect your Committee’s recommendations on the level of funding for the designated activity, program or project for all of Fiscal Year 2018.

Subject to the conditions and limitations set forth herein, and subject to the availability of funding, your Committee on Education recommends approval of the amounts and source of funds identified as Committee Recommendations.

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19-579/EDUCATION SUBJECT: FY 2018 RECOMMENDED BUDGET MAY 29, 2017 Respectfully submitted, /s/ Joseph J. Urusemal Joseph J. Urusemal, chairman /s/ Derensio S. Konman Derensio S. Konman, vice chairman Florencio S. Harper, member /s/ Alik L. Alik Alik L. Alik, member /s/ Esmond B. Moses Esmond B. Moses, member /s/ Wesley W. Simina Wesley W. Simina, member /s/ Ferny S. Perman Ferny S. Perman, member -20-