VALUES-BASED NEW ARIZONA BUDGET, READ IT!

DOUG DUCEY OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

FISCAL RESPONSIBILITIES
 • Balances the budget and forces government to live within its means
• First structurally balanced budget since 2007
• Eliminates the structural deficit by 2017
• No tricks, gimmicks, borrowing or new rollovers
• It sets priorities: Child Safety, Classrooms, Public Safety
• $337.9 million in spending
• Protects Taxpayers: No tax increase
FY 2016 FY 2017
REV: $9.16B $9.46B
Exp: $9.11B $9.26B
• FY17 structural balance: $33.4M

 CHILD & PUBLIC SAFETY
 • $849 million for child safety
• 2% increase for child safety (not including one-time FY15 dollars)
• $1.5 billion for Public Safety
• 16% of budget is for Child Safety/Public Safety
• Protects our most vulnerable-developmentally disabled and seniors – from 5%
 Medicaid rate cut to healthcare providers
• Delays construction of new prison beds for a $25 million savings
• Allows counties to bid for housing new prisoners. If counties can do it cheaper, we’ll let them

 K-12 EDUCATION
 • $5.98 Billion investment. In total, schools will have more than $10 billion including state, federal, capital and local funds
• Most Arizona has EVER spent on education in history
• Nearly 20% increase in general fund investment in K-12 since 2010
• 49% of state budget will go to education (K-12 and universities combined)
• Protects classroom funding: $161 million in new dollars
Traditional: $134million, Charters: $27 million
• Teach for American: $500,00 in new permanent funding
• $8 million total increase in new money to K-12
• $40 million increase over the next two years
• $185 million increase over the next three years

UNIVERSITIES & COMMUNITY COLLEGES
• The universities will spend MORE, not less, in the next fiscal year because of their other funding sources, including federal funds and grants
• University Expenditure Plan: FY 2015: $4.79B FY 2016: $4.84B
• Budget includes more than $600 million in general fund dollars for universities • 7% of state budget
• Only 2% reduction; less than overall cut to state government
• Only 2.5% reduction to ASU • Only 1.4% reduction to UA
• Protecting rural community colleges from reductions
• Community college reductions: Pima 3.2% Pinal: 3.4%

 ARIZONA LEADERSHIP
• First state to pass American Civics Act
• Consolidating government agencies:
• Racing to gaming
• Appraisal to financial institutions
• Behavioral health to AHCCCS
  1. Real permanent decisions that reform government while protecting      vulnerable populations
  2. Permanently indexes the income tax to inflations
  3. Brought Apple to the state with bipartisan legislation
  4. Eliminating the Job Training Tax