2016 Senate Bill 801 ↩

Senate Roll Call 415: Passed

The final version of the K-12 school aid, community college and university budgets for the fiscal year that begins Oct 1, 2016. House Bill 5294 authorizes the rest of state government spending. This bill appropriates a total of $16.140 billion, of which $1.201 billion is federal money. Of this total, $14.161 billion would go to K-12 public education, compared to $13.896 billion the prior year. State universities will get another $1.582 billion, compared to $1.535 billion the prior year. Community colleges would get $395 million, vs. $388 million the prior year.