To have meaningful information for the 77th Legislative Session, the State Auditor's Office will begin collecting this information for first quarter of fiscal year 2000. A temporary or contract worker who fills a part-time position for more than half the workdays of the year counts as part of the FTE calculation. The State Auditor's Office is not providing a standard definition of position. Each entity should use its existing definition. No, an agency is given a six month grace period before the hours for that position count against the FTE cap.
Most state agencies operate exclusively from appropriated funds.
In some cases, universities receive funds from other sources. The manner in which the contract is structured is not relevant to inclusion in the FTE calculation. If a position has been filled by temporary or contract workers for more than half of the workdays of the year preceding the final day of the quarter and the position is not part of an outsourced contract, the hours worked will count as part of the FTE count. For example, an entity that does not employ state employees for janitorial services would not count janitorial contractors as part of its FTE calculation. An entity, however, that regularly employs state employees as janitorial staff in its facilities would include janitorial contractors as part of its FTE calculation.