House Appropriations Committee Moves Education, Departmental Omnibus Budgets

The House of Representative Appropriations Committee met for several hours during the House’s first session day following Spring Break Thursday, passing both the Education Omnibus Budget containing K-12, Community College and Universities spending plans, and the omnibus budget bill for the state’s various departments.

The state departmental budget bill, House Bill 5313, passed the panel 19-0 with all Republicans and Independent RepresentativeJohn Olumba voting supporting the measure. All Democrats on the Committee abstained.

The spending plan includes $110 million to fill the Health Insurance Claims Assessment (HICA) shortfall and the General Fund portion of the transportation funding package introduced by House Speaker Jase Bolger (R-Marshall) last week. In total, the bill is $36.39 billion.

The same panel also addressed the Education Omnibus bill, House Bill 5314, passing the measure on the same 19-0 vote. The $15.63 billion spending plan contains $1.56 billion in General Fund monies and $12.15 billion from the School Aid Fund.

posted by PAA Online , Friday, April 18, 2014 10:42 AM
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