Senate rolls out proposed budget
Budget includes scaled back spending on school choice and federal aid for pandemic recovery
NIKI KELLY | The Journal Gazette
INDIANAPOLIS – The proposed Senate budget rolled out Thursday scales back spending on school choice options and directs nearly $900 million in federal aid to help the state and Hoosiers recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
The two-year budget plan also includes $4.85 million in new dollars for Purdue University to expand academic programs at Purdue Fort Wayne.
The $36 billion budget leaves about $2.1 billion in state reserves. It would have been more, but the plan also would spend about $1 billion in one-time state dollars – largely to reduce pension and debt obligations and also some state capital projects.
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