Kansas legislative negotiators agree on $14B budget

Published: 05/12/11 - 12:55pm Written by Dick Pryor
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas legislative negotiators have agreed on a $14 billion budget for the state's 2012 fiscal year, one that will cut overall spending between 5 percent and 6 percent. The spending plan drafted Wednesday heads first to the Senate for approval, then to the House. Public schools would take the biggest hit during the next fiscal year, which begins July 1. But almost every state agency would see some spending cuts. Much of the total reductions in the 2012 budget, between $770 million and $870 million, will reflect the disappearance of federal economic stimulus funds. Legislators can't end their session until they've passed a
budget. Wednesday was their 89th day in session, out of 90 scheduled.