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Governor's proposed budget plan at a glance

The Associated Press

http://www.bakersfield.com/state_wire/story/5820331p-5836389c.html

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed a $125.6 billion spending plan for the 2006-2007 fiscal year that does not raise taxes. It also seeks to pay off state debts to reduce the anticipated shortfall next year. Some details from the budget plan released Tuesday:

WINNERS
- Education: Proposes a record $54.3 billion for kindergarten through 12th grade education and community colleges. The governor's plan would provide $1.7 billion more than is required under the Proposition 98 funding guarantee and would increase per student spending to nearly $11,000 a year.

- Proposition 49: After-school programs approved by voters in 2002 will receive $428 million, the first funding ever for the program. Schwarzenegger sponsored the measure and helped get it approved.

- Public Health: Proposes $170 million aimed at providing health care over the next two years to 300,000 children that are now uninsured. The budget proposes $72 million to help counties and state agencies enroll children into public health care programs and another $100 million to help pay for the medical care.

- Transportation: Provides $1.2 billion to fully fund Proposition 42, a measure that dedicates a portion of the sales tax on gasoline for highway improvements. The governor also proposes $920 million to repay a loan taken from the same fund.

- State universities: Funds the University of California and California State University systems without proposed fee increases that would have cost students a combined $130 million next year.

LOSERS

- Welfare Recipients: Delays a cost-of-living increase in payments to 1.2 million blind, elderly and disabled residents, saving $233 million over the next two years.

- Childcare: Cuts $199 million from childcare programs aimed at helping welfare recipients returning to the work force.

- Education: Even with the additional money schools will receive, educators say they are owed $4 billion more under a budget agreement they made with Schwarzenegger in 2003. They also are concerned they could lose another $500 million because of the way the administration is proposing to account for the Proposition 49 after-school programs.