Sec. 12. (a) The state board shall review the legislative budget requests for secondary and postsecondary career and technical education prepared by the state educational institutions.

     (b) After the review under subsection (a) and a review of any recommendations from the cabinet, the state board shall make recommendations to the budget committee concerning the appropriation of state funds for secondary and postsecondary career and technical education. The state board’s recommendations concerning appropriations and allocations for secondary and postsecondary career and technical education by secondary schools and state educational institutions must specify:

(1) the categories of expenditures and the distribution plan or formula for secondary schools; and

(2) the categories of expenditures for each state educational institution.

     (c) After reviewing the state board’s recommendations, and each agency’s budget request, the budget committee shall make recommendations to the general assembly for funding to implement secondary and postsecondary career and technical education. The general assembly shall biennially appropriate state funds for secondary and postsecondary career and technical education and allocate federal funds available under 20 U.S.C. § 2301 et seq. for secondary and postsecondary career and technical education. At least sixty percent (60%) of the federal funds available under 20 U.S.C. § 2301 et seq. must be allocated to secondary level career and technical education to implement the long range state plan developed under section 4 of this chapter.

     (d) The budget agency, with the advice of the state board, and the budget committee, may augment or proportionately reduce an allocation of federal funds made under subsection (c).

     (e) The state board shall use data from the department of workforce development in making a recommendation under this section.

As added by P.L.7-2011, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.230-2017, SEC.8; P.L.152-2018, SEC.9; P.L.143-2019, SEC.15.