While this gives it one of the highest
general fund budgets of any school system in the state, several districts that are from far less affluent communities are not far from that funding level.
And finally, the report notes that the share of the budget dedicated to early childhood has decreased significantly, shrinking from 2.1 % of the total State
General Fund Budget in FY 2000 - 2001 to 1.3 % in FY 2012 - 2013.
The draft audit notes that the city's goal had been to maintain an unrestricted fund balance (sometimes referred to as a reserve fund) of 5 percent of its
total general fund budget.
Grimes agrees with that, noting the half - million in revenue is a drop in the $ 40 million
annual general funds budget in the village.
As a result of these trends, the update projects larger future
year General Fund budget deficits than initial estimates: $ 9 billion for 2011 - 12, up approximately $ 850 million from the $ 8.2 billion deficit forecast in the Enacted 2010 - 11 State Budget Plan; $ 14.6 billion in 2012 - 13 (an increase of $ 1.2 billion from the Enacted Budget forecast), and $ 17.2 billion in 2013 - 14 (an increase of $ 1.7 billion).
Public education, which received more than $ 2.5 billion in state funding this year, makes up the largest individual slice of the
Mississippi general fund budget at about 40 percent of the total budget.
The New
York General Fund budget continued to include funding for the HFNY home visiting program at $ 23,288,200 in the 2014 - 2015 budget year.
An audit released in February showed a $ 53.8 million operating surplus in the fiscal 2017 $ 1.3 billion
general fund budget, bringing Detroit to the required three - straight balanced...
Obviously, 100 % of gaming and Lottery revenue is not going to education, and / or
the general fund Budget money that should be enhancing the gambling revenue for education is being budgeted elsewhere.
Greenport Mayor David Nyce has proposed
a general fund budget of $ 2.9 million next year, increasing the local tax levy by 2.14 percent year - over-year.
The governor's school aid cuts would equal 0.77 percent of Syosset's
general fund budget.
Ramapo Councilman Patrick Withers shared audiotapes with FBI investigators revealing discussions around financing a new ballpark and transferring money to the town's
general funds budget.
Moran estimated the cost of retaining health insurance for the six elected officials as $ 46,000, or about 1 percent of
the general fund budget.
«New York State has literally taken billions of dollars over the decades out of that plant to subsidize the other power plants that lose money and worse yet, billions have been dumped into New York State's
general fund budget,» Jacobs said.
As a sort of last word in the argument, the feds this year abruptly cut state Medicaid funding by more than $ 1 billion, and the Cuomo administration passed some of those cuts along to the disabled rather than absorbing them through
the general fund budget.
During that presentation to the school board, budget officials showed board members a sobering graphic — that by 2031 - 32, half of the district's
general fund budget would be spent on healthcare benefits and pension costs.
«We've got a 2.2 percent increase in
the general fund budget with no tax increase, with teacher pay raises, no elimination of teachers assistants and we've kept the integrity of our Medicaid, I'm proud of it,» he said.
Education is Hawaii's single biggest expense, accounting for about 40 percent of the state's
general fund budget.
Bills relating to 529 savings accounts, combining the education trust fund and
general fund budgets, and school safety were the issues that captured much of our attention and energy this week.
The general fund budget could be on the floor and the ETF budget could be in committee.
Our stance is the Education Trust Fund should not be used to prop up
the General Fund Budget.
States need to balance
their general fund budgets each year, and so it is true that state policymakers must be more responsible that the spend - and - borrow politicians in Washington.
The overall proposed budget is up $ 8 million and totals $ 332.6 million, while the proposed
general fund budget is $ 231.2 million, around $ 3.7 million more than last year's general fund budget.