Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Lawmakers Returning To Frankfort
KENTUCKY....
Governor Steve Beshear is calling lawmakers back to Frankfort on May 24th for a special legislative session aimed at coming up with a state budget. Beshear offered a $17.1 billion compromise two-year budget for House and Senate leaders to consider. The governor proposed across-the-board cuts of 3.5 percent for the first year and 4.5 percent in the second year. The plan also includes less severe cuts to key areas of the budget, including K-12 education, higher education, Medicaid, state police and prosecutors and public defenders. The proposal would not cut the main funding formula for schools, but would ask school districts to pick up the cost of one school day. Beshear urged legislators to start negotiations immediately, while warning that failure to pass a budget by July 1st could result in thousands of state employees, including state police troopers, facing layoffs.
Governor Steve Beshear is calling lawmakers back to Frankfort on May 24th for a special legislative session aimed at coming up with a state budget. Beshear offered a $17.1 billion compromise two-year budget for House and Senate leaders to consider. The governor proposed across-the-board cuts of 3.5 percent for the first year and 4.5 percent in the second year. The plan also includes less severe cuts to key areas of the budget, including K-12 education, higher education, Medicaid, state police and prosecutors and public defenders. The proposal would not cut the main funding formula for schools, but would ask school districts to pick up the cost of one school day. Beshear urged legislators to start negotiations immediately, while warning that failure to pass a budget by July 1st could result in thousands of state employees, including state police troopers, facing layoffs.
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