With the Indiana Senate this past week unveiling its budget blueprint, Indy Politics thought it might be a good idea to do some comparisons between their version, the House’s budget proposal and what Governor Mike Pence has put on the table.

Here is the bird’s eye view of the budget plans.  We have links at the bottom for more specific details.

Education (General Funding)

  • House – Increases funding by $469 million over the next two years.  (4.7% increase over the total biennium).
  • Senate – Increases funding by $466 million over the next two years.
  • Governor – Increases funding by $200 million.  (2% in the first year, 1% in the second year)

Education (Complexity Index)

  • House – Eliminates “reduced lunch” as a category for determining funding distribution.
  • Senate – Uses “public assistance” as main criteria for determining funding distribution.
  • Governor – Defers to Legislature

Higher Education

  • House – Increases operations funding by $47 million over the next two years.  (3.5% total increase)
  • Senate – Increases operations funding by $220 million over the next two years.
  • Governor – Increases funding by $40 million over the next two years (2% total increase)

Roads/Transportation

  • House – $200 million increase for roads over the next two years.  $6.5 million for mass transit.
  • Senate – $400 million increase over the next two years.
  • Governor – $300 million increase over the next 2 years.

Corrections

  • House – $94 million in new dollars for operations and diversion.  No new money for prison beds.
  • Senate – $181 million in new dollars for operations and diversion.
  • Governor – $43 million increase over the next two years for operations, $51 million for new beds at Miami and Wabash Valley Correctional Facilities.

Regional Cities Initiative

  • House – $20 million over the next two years.
  • Senate – $20 million over the next two years.
  • Governor – $84 million over the next two years.

Surplus (At the end of the biennium)

  • House – $1.850 billion
  • Senate – $1.851 billion
  • Governor – $1.993 billion

Average Biennial Spending Growth

  • House – 2.23%
  • Senate  – 2.21%
  • Governor – 1.34%

 

A summary of the House Budget Proposal can be found here.

A summary of the Senate Budget Proposal can be found here.

A summary of the Governor’s Budget Proposal can be found here.

 State Impact Indiana has analysis of how schools fare under the different funding proposal formulas.