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The Governor’s Proposed FY15 Education Trust Fund Budget – Just the Numbers

Posted On Jan 23 2014
By : Trisha Powell Crain
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Tag: 2014 Alabama Legislative Session, Alabama State Legislature, education trust fund

DollarsLast week, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley unveiled his budget proposals for both the Education Trust Fund (ETF) and State General Fund (SGF) budgets. Open up the PDFs available from the Legislative Fiscal Office (LFO) to be dazzled and amazed. The numbers might look big, but they are not what the State Board of Education (SBOE) requested to fund K-12 public education for 741,000 of Alabama’s children next year.

The final budget likely will come out looking a bit different by the time it makes it through the House and the Senate. Check out the spreadsheets below to get a quick picture of what the Governor’s priorities are.

Takeaways from the Governor’s recommendation:

  • $136.5 million more for the K-12 foundation program, for a total of $3.5 billion.
  • That amount is higher than the FY07 ETF appropriation of $3.4 billion, but still doesn’t hit the FY08 appropriation of $3.7 billion.
  • $12.2 million more for transportation, though it is unclear how much of that is for transportation operations and maintenance and how much is for the purchase of new buses.
  • The split between Higher education and K-12 students is just about the exact same as it was in FY14. (Here’s a refresher on why that matters.)
  • None of the SBOE’s additional programs (Professional Pathways, Innovation Zone Grants, and Learning Supports) received a recommendation for funding from the Governor.

Pictured below is the Governor’s FY15 recommendation compared with the SBOE’s FY15 request, downloadable in Google Docs for your enjoyment. Click the picture to make it larger.

FY15 Budget SBOE and Governor Recommended

Here is the full ETF spreadsheet (downloadable in Google Docs), with indicators added showing whether the Governor recommended higher, lower, or level funding. A number of appropriations from previous years have been eliminated in the Governor’s recommendation, indicated by which fiscal year the appropriation was eliminated. The line item numbers match with the PDF from the LFO web site (don’t you love acronyms?).

And finally, here’s a table of state agencies other than Alabama public K-12 and Higher Education, funded through the ETF. These appropriations, titled “other” in the ETF budget, account for nearly $320 million of the available $6 billion. For more details about these appropriations, you have to view the Google spreadsheet or the LFO’s PDF.

AGENCYFY 2013 ACTUALFY 2014 BUDGETEDFY 2015 Governor's RecommendedDIFFERENCE FY 2015 GOV REC vs. FY 2014 BUDGETED% DIFFERENCE
EXAMINERS OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, DEPARTMENT OF6,216,0346,266,0346,266,034
LAW INSTITUTE, ALABAMA567,436587,436587,436
LEGISLATIVE FISCAL OFFICE306,763456,763456,763
LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE SERVICE88,391288,391288,391
LEGISLATURE1,500,0002,448,8632,000,000-448,863-18.33%
AMERICAN LEGION AND AUXILIARY SCHOLARSHIPS112,500112,500112,500
ARCHIVES AND HISTORY, DEPARTMENT OF4,188,7054,038,7154,038,705-100.00%
ARTS COUNCIL3,384,4963,784,4963,734,496-50,000-1.32%
BUILDING COMMISSION, STATE509,720509,720509,720
CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT PREVENTION, DEPARTMENT OF1,078,6241,078,6241,078,624
CHILDREN'S AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF19,249,14628,624,14640,209,14611,585,00040.47%
COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF48,944,96751,617,37753,024,4791,407,1022.73%
DEBT SERVICE11,428,01520,918,45521,331,287412,8321.97%
DENTAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS, BOARD OF191,166191,166191,166
EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION4,300,0004,600,0006,350,0001,750,00038.04%
EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANTS3,000,0001,500,0001,500,000
FAMILY PRACTICE RURAL HEALTH BOARD1,657,0061,936,0972,036,097100,0005.17%
FINANCE - COMPTROLLER - Teacher Sick Leave Upon Death1,739,7081,739,7081,739,708
FIREFIGHTERS' PERSONNEL STANDARDS AND ED COMMISSION \ FIRE COLLEGE2,899,5213,682,5213,682,521
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY500,000500,000500,000
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF FAITH-BASED AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVES (SERVE ALABAMA)250,000250,000350,000100,00040.00%
HIGHER EDUCATION, COMMISSION ON18,606,28620,256,28619,013,286-1,243,000-6.14%
HISTORICAL COMMISSION450,000450,000
HUMAN RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF13,415,27513,915,27527,568,87413,653,59998.12%
LIBRARY SERVICE, PUBLIC7,042,7377,042,7376,792,737-250,000-3.55%
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CONSORTIUM / DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB3,603,9153,805,2623,805,262
MEDICAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS, BOARD OF740,014740,014740,014
MENTAL HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF28,229,74744,202,34744,202,347
NURSING, ALABAMA BOARD OF166,027166,027166,027
OPTOMETRIC SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS, BOARD OF107,282107,282107,282
PEACE OFFICERS' STANDARDS AND TRAINING COMMISSION596,704596,704596,704
PHYSICAL FITNESS, STATE COMMISSION ON962,7041,122,704251,369-871,335-77.61%
PUBLIC HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF13,155,87013,490,78513,490,785
REHABILITATION SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF38,787,49838,787,49837,787,498-1,000,000-2.58%
SICKLE CELL OVERSIGHT COMMISSION1,304,7011,304,7011,304,701
SPACE SCIENCE EXHIBIT COMMISSION482,348482,348482,348
SUPERCOMPUTER AUTHORITY4,763,1445,013,1445,013,144
VETERANS' AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF45,762,39150,332,56157,507,8247,175,26314.26%
YOUTH SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF54,654,61954,354,61954,190,039-164,580-0.30%
ALABAMA INNOVATION FUND1,650,0003,395,20110,000,0006,604,799194.53%
LYMAN WARD - PRIVATE SCHOOLS (SEPARATE BILLS)173,276273,276273,276
TALLADEGA COLLEGE - PRIVATE SCHOOLS (SEPARATE BILLS)582,997632,997632,997

[Updated 11:05 a.m., January 24 to correct “million” to “billion”. Thanks, Charlotte!]

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