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$200 million “rainy-day fund” of un-; appropriated money to counter any; further drops in projected revenues.; The latest surplus is now added tothe rainy-day fund of money the! state either has or expects to raise; by the end of the year.
State aid to schools was hardest; hit by the budget ax during the Assembly session. Over $100 million ml state aid to secondary education was,’ lost to the shortfall. Colleges and; universities, likewise, received cuts and were asked to hike tuition and. student fees. I
Wilder aide Laura Dillard said; that, even if the revenues continue; to rise, Gov. Wilder would not be able to use the surplus to give relief to the agencies without Assembly approval. Such approval would not be possible until the Assembly meets after the elections to discussredistricting.
Ms. Dillard said that education funding will be Gov. Wilder’s highest priority for any surplus. The state Senate agreed, in February, by attempting to dip into the rainyday fund, to reduce $150 million in cuts to state education. The House voted to keep the rainy day fund intact and cut other state agencies to soften the blow to education.
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