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(4) $75,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 1 year 2022 and $75,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 2 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for humanities Washington 3 speaker's bureau community conversations. 4 (5) $114,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 5 year 2022 and $114,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 6 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for election reconciliation 7 reporting. Funding provides for one staff to compile county 8 reconciliation reports, analyze the data, and to complete an annual 9 statewide election reconciliation report for every state primary and 10 general election. The report must be submitted annually on July 31, 11 beginning July 31, 2021, to legislative policy and fiscal committees. 12 The annual report must include statewide analysis and by county 13 analysis on the reasons for ballot rejection and an analysis of the 14 ways ballots are received, counted, rejected and cure data that can 15 be used by policymakers to better understand election administration. 16 (6) $546,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 17 year 2022 and $546,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 18 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for staff dedicated to the 19 maintenance and operations of the voter registration and election 20 management system. These staff will manage database upgrades, 21 database maintenance, system training and support to counties, and 22 the triage and customer service to system users. 23 (7) $626,000 of the public records efficiency, preservation, and 24 access account—state appropriation is provided solely for additional 25 project staff to pack, catalog, and move the states archival 26 collection in preparation for the move to the new library archives 27 building that will be located in Tumwater. 28 (8) Within existing resources, the office of the secretary of 29 state must research and evaluate availability of online trainings to 30 include, but not be limited to, job-related, educational, and 31 information technology trainings that are available free of charge. 32 The office must compare those to the online trainings available from 33 the Microsoft linked in academy. The office must report the 34 comparative findings to fiscal committees of the legislature by 35 September 1, 2022. 36 (9) $251,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 37 year 2022 is provided solely for implementation of Substitute Senate 38 Bill No. 5034 (nonprofit corporations). 39 p. 733 ESSB 5187.SL