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It All Begins with the Budget

Gain an understanding of how budgeting principles in Iowa impact education and learn how to advocate for important issues. Explore the changes in education reform and the budgeting process, and discover the political ideology behind budget decisions.

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It All Begins with the Budget

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  1. It All Begins with the Budget IACTE April 1, 2016 Representative Cindy Winckler

  2. Know that • All policy that is enacted has a budget impact • Commitment to public education has diminished over the last seven years, but expectations have increased • Budgeting principles (?) have circumvented processes Understand that Iowa’s ability to meet educational needs is directly related to the application of budgeting principles (?) And be able to • Utilize information to advocate for important issues • Drive education conversations with a new understanding

  3. Change of Direction • Appointment of Education Department Director(s) became political • Educational progress compared to NAEP instead of criteria approved by No Child Left Behind • 2-year budget proposals (every other year) • 2014 Supplemental State Aid tied to the Governor’s Education Reform • Delay of setting SSA (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) • SAVE proposed to be used for water quality too

  4. Education Reform • 3rd Grade Retention • Praxis II and later edTPA a part of teacher licensing • Taskforces on • Assessment • Educator Development • Teacher Compensation • Teacher Leadership Funding

  5. How the process begins

  6. https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LAGR/620903.pdf p. 16

  7. How it should work

  8. Iowa Code 8.54 subsection 7 says: • The governor shall not transmit a budget with recommended appropriations in excess of the state general fund expenditure limitation. • The governor shall not approve or disapprove appropriation bills or items of appropriation bills passed by the general assembly in a manner that would cause the final budget approved by the governor to exceed the state general fund expenditure limitation.

  9. Iowa Code 8.54 subsection 4 states: The state general fund expenditure limitation amount provided for in this section shall be used by the governor in preparation of the budget under section 8.22 and approval of the budget and by the general assembly in the budget process.

  10. Change in budgeting process

  11. House Republicans are committed to these principles to produce a balanced and sustainable state budget: • We will spend less than the state collects; • We will not use one-time money to fund on-going needs; • We will not balance the budget by intentionally underfunding programs; and • We will return unused tax dollars to Iowa’s taxpayers. • The House Republican position on government spending is reasonable, sustainable and based on simple common-sense budgeting principles.

  12. Political BudgetingPrinciples Ideology • We will spend less than the state collects; • We will not use one-time money to fund on-going needs; • We will not balance the budget by intentionally underfunding programs; and • We will return unused tax dollars to Iowa’s taxpayers.

  13. https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/BL/780601.pdf

  14. Political Ideology • We will spend less than the state collects; • We will not use one-time money to fund on-going needs; • We will not balance the budget by intentionally underfunding programs; and • We will return unused tax dollars to Iowa’s taxpayers.

  15. One-Time Funding FY16 • PreK-12 funding • Community Colleges • Regent Universities

  16. Political Ideology • We will spend less than the state collects; • We will not use one-time money to fund on-going needs; • We will not balance the budget by intentionally underfunding programs; and • We will return unused tax dollars to Iowa’s taxpayers.

  17. Intentional Underfunding • Medicaid • Mental Health • Community Colleges • PreK-12 Schools • Regent Universities

  18. Political Ideology • We will spend less than the state collects; • We will not use one-time money to fund on-going needs; • We will not balance the budget by intentionally underfunding programs; and • We will return unused tax dollars to Iowa’s taxpayers.

  19. -30 + -97.6 7,351.1 -97.6

  20. Impact on School Funding

  21. 257.8 State percent of growth — supplemental state aid. ….The state percent of growth for each subsequent budget year shall be established by statute which shall be enacted withinthirty days of the submission in the year preceding the base year of the governor’s budget under section 8.21….

  22. 0% SSA

  23. Branstad Culver Branstad Vilsack

  24. I’m happy to answer any questions or share further information. Representative Cindy Winckler House District 90 (515) 242-6432 (January – April) (563) 324-7927 home cindy.winckler@legis.iowa.gov Questions

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