Senate approves emergency spending bill for Medicaid, education
The Texas Senate, after a brief fight over whether to fully restore school-funding cuts two years ago, approved a bill Tuesday afternoon that will restore about $6.6 billion for the health care and education budgets.
The vote was unanimous.
House Bill 10 will provide supplemental funding this current budget year of more than $4.5 million for Medicaid and children’s health care, and more than $1.7 billion for public schools. It reverses two budget gimmicks the Legislature approved two years ago to balance the budget, and its approval was expected.
State Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, argued that rather than approving the measure, the Senate should restore the school-funding cuts made two years ago by using cash from the state’s so-called Rainy Day Fund.
More at http://www.statesman.com/news/news/senate-approved-supplemental-budget-bill/nWhPr/ .
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