2002 Senate Bill 1103 ↩

Senate Roll Call 754: Passed

The House-Senate conference report for the FY 2002-2003 Department of Education budget. This appropriates $214.3 million in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $996.1 million, which was the FY 2001-2002 amount enacted in 2001, excluding any supplemental appropriations. Of this, $27.8 million will come from the General Fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to $33.9 million. The huge difference in gross funding from the previous year is because $790 million in federal grants which were included in the FY 2002 Education budget are transferred to the school aid budget in FY 2003. Note: The FY 2001-2002 figures do not include supplemental appropriations, interdepartmental program shifts, funding source shifts, or cuts made by executive order later in the fiscal year, if any. These can be substantial, and will change the appearance of year-to-year comparisons.