The Budget
The big news of the previous week was the filing of SB 1, the base budget bill. The significant change for this cycle is the filing of two different budget bills in each chamber – even though the budget process begins in the Senate and moves to the House later in the session.
The base budget bill seeks to give community colleges $65.8 million more than the last biennium, which represents a 3.9 percent increase in the overall formula appropriation. However, the base budget bill also includes a strict definition of proportionality, which was the basis for Gov. Perry’s 2007 veto.
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