The bill appropriates funds to the State Department of Education for the fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27. Specifically, it allocates $-0- from the State Department of Education Improvement Grant Fund for both fiscal years to support Program 161. Additionally, the bill stipulates that total expenditures for permanent and temporary salaries and per diems from these appropriated funds shall not exceed $160,197 for FY2025-26 and $165,403 for FY2026-27.

This legislation is part of the appropriations process for the Ninth Legislature, First Session, 2025, and aims to ensure that the State Department of Education has the necessary funding framework in place, even though the actual appropriated amounts are set to zero. The bill emphasizes fiscal responsibility by capping salary and per diem expenditures for the specified programs.