# Screener Training and Other

**Agency:** Homeland Security  
**Account:** Operations and Support  
**Source document:** Transportation Security Administration · p. 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/homeland-security/screener-training-and-other  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 267.9 |
| FY2026 | CR annualized | 267.9 |
| FY2027 | request | 257.5 |

The prior-year column is a CR annualized figure, not an enacted appropriation.


## Homeland Security discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $91.40B, FY2026 $88.60B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

Screener Training and Other - PPA Level III Training Personnel: This cost driver funds the salaries and benefits of personnel that manage the operations and delivery of course offerings to meet mandatory training requirements for the frontline workforce, including TSOs and Managers, inspectors, and other specialists. Personnel Futures Program (PFP): This cost driver funds a full range of TSA human resources operations for TSA's frontline workforce. Other Personnel Costs: This cost driver funds the salaries and benefits of personnel that provide covert testing and other business operations associated with the Screener Training and Other PPA. Other PC&B Costs: This cost driver supports federal employee pay for work or circumstances that require extra compensation beyond their normal Screening Workforce - PPA II Screener Training and Other - PPA III Explanation of Non Pay Cost Drivers Checkpoint Operations: This cost driver funds the consumable supplies used by the TSOs at the checkpoint, to include disposable gloves, sample swabs/wands, reactant materials, notification of baggage inspection inserts, and TSO uniforms. Specialized Security Training (SST): This cost driver funds the development and delivery of structured core training and associated travel for the TSO workforce, as well as the operations of TSA's training academies.


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Homeland Security › Transportation Security Administration › Operations and Support › Aviation Screening Operations


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*