Friday,
April 25, 2003
Governor
Sebelius just held a news conference. She has been working with Republican
leaders to create a budget proposal all can agree with for 2004. She has
made the following recommendations:
9 items she is going to address or restore
Fully fund Senior Care Act - 1.7 million.
Restore PD level of care from 16 to 25. -1.4 million
Restore State Aid to CDDO's - .8 million
Restore Family Support for DD Waiver. - 1.5 million
Restore Medi - Kan rates for CMHC's - 1.4 million
Restore self directed rate cut in FE waiver - .6 million
Additional funding to help eliminate wait list on FE - 2.8 million
Restore funding for the DD waiver waiting list - 4.0 million
Restore funding for PD waiver waiting list - 2.8 million
Restore k-12 education funding to 27 per pupil or 3,890 per kid - 17.3
million
Adequate ending balance 4.1% 185 million
She would be using Tobacco revenue, gaming, amnesty k-dot loan.
Republicans are considering her proposal.
We'll keep you posted as we hear more.
Thanks to Josie and Shannon for keeping us up to date.
Gina
"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the
silence of our friends." - Martin Luther King Jr