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Senate HR panel trims proposed FTEs, reduces salary block-grant increase by $4.0 million
Summary
The Senate Appropriations Human Resources Division agreed to cut a planned increase to salary block-grant authority and remove FTE counts from the long sheet, directing department reporting and quarterly transparency for hires tied to the block grant.
The Senate Appropriations Human Resources Division on Tuesday moved to reduce the reinserted salary funding for the department’s block grant and to remove specific full-time-equivalent (FTE) counts from the budget long sheet.
Committee members said the change is intended to preserve dollar flexibility for the department while avoiding an appearance that the legislature is authorizing a precise headcount within a block grant. “I’d like to reduce it by 25% on the salaries,” Senator Sharon Cleary said, proposing a $4,000,749.32 reduction to the line reflecting the department’s requested restoration. Keith, the…
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