Post by Logan on Feb 6, 2016 2:03:51 GMT -6
Kansas would give prison officers a pay raise, attempt to boost staffing at mental hospitals and grant lawmakers greater oversight of spending at the state’s largest university under a budget-balancing plan a legislative committee approved Thursday.
The House Appropriations Committee approved a bill that makes dozens of changes in the state’s $16.1 billion budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 to close a projected deficit of nearly $200 million. The measure goes next to the full House, which could debate it next week.
The Republican-dominated committee’s plan includes most of GOP Gov. Sam Brownback’s proposals to close the gap by juggling funds and capturing unanticipated savings.
But the committee departed from the governor’s proposals by including $2.4 million for a 2.5 percent pay raise for uniformed corrections officers at state prisons, starting in the summer. The panel also added a total of $3 million to the current budgets of the state’s mental hospitals in Larned and Osawatomie to help them increase staffing and tackle other issues.
Read more: cjonline.com/news/2016-02-05/kansas-budget-plan-hits-college-boosts-officers-hospitals
The House Appropriations Committee approved a bill that makes dozens of changes in the state’s $16.1 billion budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 to close a projected deficit of nearly $200 million. The measure goes next to the full House, which could debate it next week.
The Republican-dominated committee’s plan includes most of GOP Gov. Sam Brownback’s proposals to close the gap by juggling funds and capturing unanticipated savings.
But the committee departed from the governor’s proposals by including $2.4 million for a 2.5 percent pay raise for uniformed corrections officers at state prisons, starting in the summer. The panel also added a total of $3 million to the current budgets of the state’s mental hospitals in Larned and Osawatomie to help them increase staffing and tackle other issues.
Read more: cjonline.com/news/2016-02-05/kansas-budget-plan-hits-college-boosts-officers-hospitals