Building on Our Progress, Protecting Our Priorities: Governor Chet Culver and Lt. Governor Patty Judge: Iowa Fiscal Year 2009 Report, January 15, 2008

(2008) Building on Our Progress, Protecting Our Priorities: Governor Chet Culver and Lt. Governor Patty Judge: Iowa Fiscal Year 2009 Report, January 15, 2008. Auditor of State

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Abstract

This budget recognizes the progress that we began last year with improvements in education, economic development, energy independence, and health care; provides funding for new policy initiatives in these areas; and is based on fiscally sound budget practices. Building on last year's accomplishments, our Fiscal Year 2009 General Fund budget proposes an additional $75 million for increasing teachers' salaries as part of our goal to move Iowa closer to the national average. We lay the foundation for student achievement by recommending $32.1 million for pre-school education, and we also propose $177.5 million in total for community colleges and $726.2 million in total for Regents universities.