Kentucky plans to close a $156 million budget shortfall while protecting schools, Medicaid, and public safety, with modest agency cuts and no layoffs.
Kentucky Senate Republicans revealed their version of the state's next two-year budget Wednesday, proposing more funding for the main K-12 school funding formula and doubling the amount of performance-based funding that goes to public universities.
Kentucky State Police said its latest cadet class in Frankfort is the largest starting class since 2014.
The final budget surplus will be figured when accounting records for expenditures are completed later this month.
Kentucky’s government is expected to receive about $2.4 billion in federal aid.
Beshear urged lawmakers to take bold action to get Kentucky through the pandemic and position it for the post-coronavirus world.