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Module 2 - Performance Issues - A History
District school boards and community colleges offering adult education and vocational programs were funded with FTE (Full Time enrollment) through the 1996-1997 fiscal year. However, beginning in July, 1997 their funding was changed with the inception of the Workforce Education Development Fund to a performance-based measurement system based on placements and literacy/occupational completion points. During the transitional fiscal years 1997-98 and 1998-99, adult education and vocational programs were funded with a lump sum appropriation from the Workforce Development Fund based on their fiscal 1996-97 FTE funding appropriation. For 1999-2000 and 2000-01 fiscal years, funding is based, in part, on certain performances known as literacy completion points for adult education and occupational completion points for vocational programs for Vocational Certificates or Associate of Science Degrees. Fiscal year 1999-2000 also marked the first time a community college or school district was audited on performance-based funding criteria. The Auditor General has released the findings of that audit for community college and district adult education and vocational programs for fiscal year 1999-2000. Although these criteria are likely to be revised for future audits, they will provide an insight into areas that may be closely reviewed for improprieties.
