SB 2012 — Appropriation; Employment Security, Department of.

2012 (As Sent to Governor) AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF SPECIAL FUNDS TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026.

2012 *SS15/A671**SS26/A671SG* ~ OFFICIAL ~ A1/2 251E/SS15/A671251E/SS26/A671SG PAGE 1 (cs\ki) exception of the provisions in this section, shall be expended only for “Personal"Personal Services,”Services," which includes “Vacancy"Vacancy Funding,”Funding," for the following authorized number of employment headcount:

46 As used in this section, the term “Personal"Personal Services”Services" shall mean funds provided under the major object of expenditure category Personal Services for Salaries, Wages, and Fringe Benefits.

It is the Legislature’s S.

2012 *SS15/A671**SS26/A671SG* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 251E/SS15/A671251E/SS26/A671SG PAGE 2(cs\ki)2 Legislature's intention that no employee’semployee's salary falls below the minimum salary established by the Mississippi State Personnel Board.

The State Personnel Board shall determine and publish the projected annual cost of “Personal"Personal Services”Services" based on monthly and year-to-date payroll expenditures in compliance with the provisions of this act.

With the funds herein appropriated, it shall be the agency’sagency's responsibility to ensure that no single personnel action or combination of personnel actions, when annualized, exceeds the Fiscal Year 2026 appropriation for “Personal"Personal Services”Services" with the exception of escalated funds.

Further, it shall be the agency’sagency's responsibility to ensure that funds required to be appropriated for “Personal"Personal Services”Services" for Fiscal Year 2027 do not exceed Fiscal Year 2026 funds appropriated for that purpose unless programs or positions are added to the agency’sagency's Fiscal Year 2026 budget by the Mississippi Legislature.

If, at the time the agency takes any action to change “Personal"Personal Services,”Services," the State Personnel Board determines that the agency has taken or will take an action that would cause the agency to exceed the funds appropriated in this act when annualized for Fiscal Year 2026 or increase the need for “Personal"Personal Services”Services" for Fiscal Year 2027, when annualized, the State Personnel Board shall process no salary actions until such time as the requirements of the provisions of this section are met with S.

2012 *SS15/A671**SS26/A671SG* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 251E/SS15/A671251E/SS26/A671SG PAGE 3(cs\ki)3 the exception of new hires determined to be essential for the agency.

When used in this section, “Vacancy"Vacancy Funding”Funding" shall mean funds included in the Total Personal Services amount listed above and designated for approved vacancies in Fiscal Year 2026.

The agency shall be responsible for ensuring that “Vacancy"Vacancy Funding”Funding" is used to increase headcounts and not for promotions, title changes, in-range salary adjustments, or any other mechanism for increasing salaries for current employees.

2012 *SS15/A671**SS26/A671SG* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 251E/SS15/A671251E/SS26/A671SG PAGE 4(cs\ki)4 2025 escalated headcounts have been accounted for and shall be converted to authorized time-limited headcounts.

None of the funds herein appropriated shall be used in violation of the Internal Revenue Service’sService's Publication 15-A relating to the reporting of income paid to contract employees, as interpreted by the Office of the State Auditor.

If the agency’sagency's total authorized headcount decreases from Fiscal Year 2025 to Fiscal Year 2026, it will be the agency’sagency's discretion as to what headcounts are removed.

2012 *SS15/A671**SS26/A671SG* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 251E/SS15/A671251E/SS26/A671SG PAGE 5(cs\ki)5 (i) Staff for delivery of reemployment services to UI claimants, including group job search assistance and staff-assisted referrals to jobs.

2012 *SS15/A671**SS26/A671SG* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 251E/SS15/A671251E/SS26/A671SG PAGE 6(cs\ki)6 (i) ES and UI automation.

2012 *SS15/A671**SS26/A671SG* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 251E/SS15/A671251E/SS26/A671SG PAGE 7(cs\ki)7 quality and service, the Mississippi Industries for the Blind shall be given preference.

2012 *SS15/A671**SS26/A671SG* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 251E/SS15/A671251E/SS26/A671SG PAGE 8(cs\ki)8 SECTION 9.

2012 *SS15/A671**SS26/A671SG* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 251E/SS15/A671251E/SS26/A671SG PAGE 9(cs\ki)9 the Office of Workforce Development for recurring costs of the Information Management and Financial Tracking System to enhance the tracking of funding provided for workforce development and provide data outcomes reports on active workforce training programs and participants.

Of the funds appropriated in Section 9 of this act, Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) is provided for the purpose of providing funding to a nationally recognized non-profitnonprofit organization with a proven track record of serving as a partner with Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) by providing students in grades 6-12 with financial literacy and workforce readiness curriculum and programming in support of Mississippi schools.

2012 *SS15/A671**SS26/A671SG* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 251E/SS15/A671251E/SS26/A671SG PAGE 10(cs\ki)10 up to Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00) from the State Workforce Investment Funds from the State Workforce Investment Board, collected pursuant to Section 71-5-353, Mississippi Code of 1972.

2012 *SS15/A671**SS26/A671SG* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 251E/SS15/A671251E/SS26/A671SG PAGE 11(cs\ki)11 SECTION 21.

2012 *SS15/A671**SS26/A671SG* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 251E/SS15/A671251E/SS26/A671SG PAGE 12(cs\ki)12 SECTION 25.

2012 *SS15/A671**SS26/A671SG* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 251E/SS15/A671251E/SS26/A671SG ST:

Employment Security, PAGE 13(cs\ki)13 Department of.