House Passes State Budget, $180 Million Earmarked for Schools

During our second week of session, my colleagues in the House of Representatives and I completed one of our most important tasks. 

The General Assembly’s most crucial responsibility each year is to pass two balanced state budgets: an amended budget for the current fiscal year and a new budget for the following fiscal year. 

The amended budget updates the FY2014 budget that was enacted in 2013, using more accurate estimates of state revenue and accounting for any discrepancies between projected estimates and actual revenues received.

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