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JFAC hears governor’s revised budget: $920,000 in technical corrections
Summary
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee heard a Department of Finance and Management update on the governor’s revised budget submissions, totaling roughly $920,000 and composed of four technical corrections to earlier recommendations.
Madam Chair Harmon and members of the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee heard a presentation Monday on the governor’s revised budget submissions and technical corrections.
The Department of Finance and Management’s Rebecca (Ms.) Wolf told the committee the total revision amount was about $920,000 and involved four items. The largest change was a correction to calculations for the Idaho Digital Learning Academy, which increased the recommendation by about $870,000 after new code enacted last session required a different calculation. The department also corrected a SwiCap billing allocation for the Legislative Services Office ($45,000) that had initially been charged to the wrong fund, made a small $5,000 pay-grade correction at the Department of Health and Welfare for affected employees, and submitted a technical correction to an endowment fund adjustment for Idaho State University that carried no fiscal impact.
Why it matters: These are accounting and coding corrections the governor’s office filed within the period allowed for revised recommendations. Because they are technical and limited in scope, the presentation was brief and prompted no committee questions.
Committee process and next steps: Wolf said the changes were submitted and invited questions; none were raised. The agency will carry the corrected figures forward as the budget process continues.
Speakers and attribution: Remarks in this article come from the Department of Finance and Management (Ms. Wolf) and the committee chair, identified in the transcript as Madam Chair Harmon. Exact dollar amounts and descriptions reflect the figures and language Ms. Wolf provided during the committee presentation.
