From an email from my State Senator Elvi Jackson-Gray.
I really am not sure what it all means. There's not enough total context. I put it up just to get it into people's consciousness and so you can all start asking more questions.
Senate Bill 205 Operating Budget
I have included a non-exhaustive list of line-item vetoes proposed by Governor Dunleavy below, but you can find a full list at the link: https://bit.ly/2wlvDhF
- $30 million in Education and Early Childhood Development
- $36.7 million Regional Educational Attendance Area Deposit
- $12.5 million University of Alaska
- $100 million School Bond Debt Reimbursement
- $4.3 million Pre-K
- $1.05 billion transfer to the corpus of the Permanent Fund for inflation proofing
- $15.5 million Alaska Marine Highway
- $16.2 million AMHS crew quarters
- $31 million Medicaid
- $3.4 million Ocean Rangers
- $2 million Public Broadcasting
- $1 million Spill Prevention and Response
- $2 million Behavioral Health Treatment and Recovery Grants
- $2.7 million Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation
- $1 million Alaska Recidivism Reduction and Recovery project
- $3 million Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Weatherization
- $5 million Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Homeless COVID-19 Response
- $2 million Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Special Needs Housing
- $2.7 million Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Teacher Health and Public safety Professional Housing
- $3.4 million Medicaid Services
- $4.7 million Designated Evaluation and Treatment
- $334,000 from Appellate Courts
- $150,000 Rural Real ID Implementation.
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Some Budget Items that were funded
- $99M to COVID-19 response and relief
- $135.6M to Alaska State Troopers
- $14M to Village Public Safety Officer Program
- $5M to Disaster Relief Fund
- $5M to Fire Risk Reduction Funding
- $34.8M to Pioneer Homes
- $54M to the Alaska Marine Highway System
- $1.26B to fully fund Education Foundation Formula
- $28.5M to Behavioral Health Programs
- $7.2M to Homeless Assistance Program
- $65M for Capital Federal Match Program to Highways and Aviation
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