(3) The department shall not allocate more than 1% of the total funding allocated under this section to an eligible intermediate district in the first round of funding under this section.
(4) An intermediate district that meets either of the following is an eligible intermediate district under this section:
(a) It has a CTE teacher on staff.
(b) It pledges in its application described in subsection (2) to hire a CTE teacher.
(5) An eligible intermediate district that receives funding under this section shall use the funding only for the recruitment of, retention of, and coverage of continued education costs for CTE teachers.
(6) Notwithstanding section 17b, the department shall make payments under this section on a schedule determined by the department.
(7) Funds allocated under this section for 2022-2023 are a work project appropriation, and any unexpended funds for 2022-2023 are carried forward into 2023-2024. The purpose of the work project is to continue providing funding for the recruitment of, retention of, and coverage of continued education costs for CTE teachers as described in this section. The estimated completion date of the work project is September 30, 2024.
(8) As used in this section, “CTE” means career and technical education.” and adjusting the totals in section 11 and enacting section 1 accordingly.
The question being on the adoption of the amendment,
Senator Lauwers requested the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered, 1/5 of the members present voting therefor.
The amendment was not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor, as follows: