Appropriations — Education and Environment Division shifts four one-time education items out of General Fund, removes CTS IT line

The Appropriations - Education and Environment Division approved an amendment to its draft bill to remove a contested information-technology appropriation and move several one-time education expenditures out of the General Fund and into strategic investment accounts.

Committee Chair Sorevak brought the amendment to clean up the bill’s presentation, saying an apparent $5.1 million appropriation for CTS no longer needs to appear in the division’s section because it is being covered in the IT budget. The committee also agreed to reclassify four one-time spending items originally listed in the General Fund into strategic investment accounts so the bill presents recurring and one-time spending more accurately.

Why it matters: shifting one-time expenditures out of the General Fund changes how the budget’s recurring obligations appear and can…