Gov. Sam Brownback is proposing a reversal of some state university salary cuts and a 1.5 percent raise for classified state employees. He's also hoping to rewrite the Department of Corrections budget.
Andover Republican and Senate budget committee chair, Ty Masters, says most of the governor's proposed $460 million dollar spending increase is allocated for corrections, but some lawmakers will still have concerns.
“Minus that, it’s relatively modest, but it is still several tens of millions of dollars," said Masters. "There are a lot of people concerned about that level of spending, so we’ll just have to review it.”
The bill would reverse most of the cuts to funding for university salaries, but would not restore the across-the-board cuts to higher ed.
It also includes $8 million in targeted funding for specific university projects. The raise for classified state employees would take effect in fiscal year 2015.
