ndiana Governor Mike Braun has detailed his first budget proposal, challenging his eight cabinet secretaries to identify 5% savings — “on average” — across the agencies they oversee in order to pay for priorities like education spending, universal vouchers and tax reform.
School spending, roughly half of the state’s $44 billion two-year budget, would get a 2% increase each year under Braun’s budget but will likely see income from property taxes shrink.
Governor Braun believes the budget cutting will be easlier this year—but could get harder in the coming years.
When asked how those schools would cope, Braun said the school districts should save some of the incoming dollars in rainy day funds.
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