Democrats Harm Education Once Again
Democrats have voted once again to harm education by voting “no” on two bills that will allow school districts to utilize excess school cash balances.
With this legislation, school districts will be allowed to spend dollars they are otherwise not legally allowed to spend on school operations during one of the most severe deficits in the state’s history.
HB2028 and HB2029 avoid sweeping these excess cash balances into the General Fund to be used for state general operating purposes.
These bills also avoid additional cuts to K-12 spending in FY09.
So instead of harming education, it helps education by allowing districts to use their funds the districts currently have no legal authority to utilize.
Not only does it protect school funding but it also helps the State solve our deficit in 2010 so budget cuts will not have to be any deeper towards Education.
In an effort to score political points, Democrats have chosen to continue their false narrative of Republicans balancing the state budget on the backs of children and teachers.
This is simply untrue.
These bills attempt to address the larger than anticipated FY09 deficit that has grown to $650M since February 2009.
“Every month, revenues decline further. It’s just in the last few days we’ve discovered a decline in revenue from April of $200 million dollars. It is irresponsible if we do not act quickly and decisively to fix this problem. There has been much talk about the budget process. I’ve received bills from the minority leadership that still does not solve the $650 million dollar deficit problem,” Speaker Kirk Adams said.
With this legislation, school districts will be allowed to spend dollars they are otherwise not legally allowed to spend on school operations during one of the most severe deficits in the state’s history.
HB2028 and HB2029 avoid sweeping these excess cash balances into the General Fund to be used for state general operating purposes.
These bills also avoid additional cuts to K-12 spending in FY09.
So instead of harming education, it helps education by allowing districts to use their funds the districts currently have no legal authority to utilize.
Not only does it protect school funding but it also helps the State solve our deficit in 2010 so budget cuts will not have to be any deeper towards Education.
In an effort to score political points, Democrats have chosen to continue their false narrative of Republicans balancing the state budget on the backs of children and teachers.
This is simply untrue.
These bills attempt to address the larger than anticipated FY09 deficit that has grown to $650M since February 2009.
“Every month, revenues decline further. It’s just in the last few days we’ve discovered a decline in revenue from April of $200 million dollars. It is irresponsible if we do not act quickly and decisively to fix this problem. There has been much talk about the budget process. I’ve received bills from the minority leadership that still does not solve the $650 million dollar deficit problem,” Speaker Kirk Adams said.