KATHLEEN VINEHOUT

STATE SENATOR A Better Way to Balance the States Budget With the SAME Dollars The budget: Does not raise taxes. Does not alter the Governors plan to pay down debt (and to restructure some debt.) Accepts public employees offer to increase retirement contributions. What the budget buys: School Aids funded at 85% of the base year. Certain categorical aids fully funded (high poverty aid, school milk, school breakfast, transportation, sparsity, STEM) Tech Colleges fully funded. Family Care enrollment is not capped. Cuts to Homestead Exemption and Earned Income Tax Credits are eliminated. Assistance to Needy Veterans & Veterans Personal Loan Program are fully funded. What the budget does not buy: New charter and voucher schools New student information system & testing New Governors Reading Task Force New Office of Business Development Salary adjustments in DOA & Governors Office Expansion of ARDCs New DHS contracts Birth to Three, Food Share & other contractual services. New tax credits, tax decreases, sales tax breaks. New Security Costs for the Capitol

The numbers reflect the following: School employee contributions to retirement are accepted. Health insurance contributions for schools & tech colleges are not included as this varies so much by school & tech college district. Tech colleges funded with an additional $34 million. Tech Colleges say the employee give backs give them $37.5 million. They need $34 million to be whole. Schools are funded to 85% of general school aid. Family Care is kept open (without a cap) in counties where it already exists. Transfers are reversed from the General Fund to Transportation, WEDC & UW.

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SENATOR VINEHOUT'S ALTERNATIVE BUDGET

2011-12 2012-13 2011-13 Type of Funds

Comparative Summary Budget Page # Item #

Changes to Expenses
CHANGES TO GENERAL FUND (GPR) Restore General School Aid Cuts (85%) Restore High Poverty Aid Cuts Restore Aid to Sparsity (Rural Schools) Restore Aid to School Breakfast Restore Aid to School Day Milk Restore Aid to Pupil Transportation Restore Science, Tech, Engineering & Math Restore Reduction in Tech College Aid Remove Family Care Cap for Counties with Family Care Reverse Tax Increase to Earned Income Tax Credit Reverse Tax Relief Homestead Tax Credit CHANGES TO VETERANS TRUST FUND Restore Assistance to Needy Veterans Restore Veterans Personal Loan Program -183,123,864 -1,870,000 -1,494,800 -278,900 -68,600 -2,633,700 -59,400 -18,700,000 -26,726,300 -27,300,000 -3,100,000 -168,296,898 -1,870,000 -1,494,800 -278,900 -68,600 -2,633,700 -59,400 -15,300,000 -89,210,600 -28,900,000 -10,500,000 -351,420,762 -3,740,000 -2,989,600 -557,800 -137,200 -5,267,400 -118,800 -34,000,000 -115,936,900 -56,200,000 -13,600,000 GPR GPR GPR GPR GPR GPR GPR GPR GPR GPR GPR 491 493 498 498 498 489 500 699 320 263 567 1 4 3 3 3 3 8 4 4 4 2

-271,800 -2,000,000

-271,800 -2,000,000

-543,600 -4,000,000

SEG SEG

674 676

8 11

SUBTOTAL (Increased Expenditures in GPR):

-267,627,364

-320,884,698

-588,512,062

6/20/2011

Changes to Revenue
CHANGES TO GENERAL FUND Reverse Independent Charter School Subsidy Reduce Expansion of Charter Schools Eliminate Parental Choice Expansion Eliminate Racine Parental Choice Program Eliminate Purchase of New Student Info System Eliminate Elementary School Reading Task Force Eliminate New Office of Business Development Eliminate New Spending for Knowledge & Concepts Exams Reverse Salary Increases in Dept of Administration Reverse Salary & Fringe Adjustments in Governor's Office Reverse Expansion Aging & Disability Resource Centers Eliminate New Contract Third Party Claims Admin Birth-3 Reverse Deferral of Capital Gains Reinvested Reverse Combined Reporting Loss Carry Forward Reverse Domestic Production Activities Credit Remove New Contracted Services MA & Food Share Remove Expansion of Contracted Admin Services for MA Changes JFC Agency Supplements Capitol Security Costs JFC Agency Supplements ETF Particpant Services JFC Agency Dependent Eligibility Audit Reverse Sales Tax Exemption to Modular Homes Reverse Repeal of Fees on Criminal Record Checks Reverse Tax Breaks on LTC Insurance Part of an Annuity SUBTOTAL (Less Revenue Not Spent Returned to GPR) REVERSE TRANSFERS FROM GENERAL FUND Return Real Estate Renewal Fee to GPR Remove GPR Transfer to WI Eco Development Corporation Return JFC GPR transfer to WEDC Transfer of General Fund Taxes to Transportation Reverse Transfer from GPR to pay State Hwy Rehab Bonds One Time Transfer from GPT to Transportation SUBTOTAL (Transferred Revenue Returned to GPR) CHANGES TO GENERAL FUND Revenue to Off Set Increases in Expenditures (above) NET (INCREASE OR DECREASE TO GENERAL FUND) 2011-12 5,820,000 0 6,442,000 992,100 0 600,000 181,700 2,795,800 939,700 201,300 273,200 10,704,400 16,100,000 9,200,000 0 15,393,500 2,041,200 10,000,000 2,861,400 700,000 195,000 961,900 710,000 87,113,200 2012-13 10,485,000 4,665,000 12,884,000 1,984,100 15,000,000 600,000 181,700 4,578,300 921,000 201,300 4,287,200 12,165,500 20,200,000 37,200,000 10,100,000 15,325,000 1,692,300 0 3,674,700 0 260,000 961,900 1,200,000 158,567,000 2011-13 16,305,000 4,665,000 19,326,000 2,976,200 15,000,000 1,200,000 363,400 7,374,100 1,860,700 402,600 4,560,400 22,869,900 36,300,000 46,400,000 10,100,000 30,718,500 3,733,500 10,000,000 6,536,100 700,000 455,000 1,923,800 1,910,000 245,680,200 Type of Funds GPR GPR GPR GPR GPR GPR GPR GPR GPR GPR GPR GPR GPR GPR GPR GPR GPR GPR SEG SEG GPR PR GPR GPR Reference: Page No. 511 512 503 509 521 23 24 522 20 306 322 332 260 270 276 346 347 483 483 483 278 400 10 PAGE 2 Item No. 10 12 2 8 5 9 11 6 1 1 5 13 1 15 24 2 3 1 1 1 2 9 266

27,600 18,743,700 15,660,800 0 115,351,500 23,000,000 138,351,500

27,600 16,399,600 16,660,800 35,127,000 0 102,000,000 102,000,000

55,200 35,143,300 32,321,600 35,127,000 115,351,500 125,000,000 342,998,600 -588,512,062 588,678,800

GPR GPR GPR GPR GPR GPR GPR

549 686 687 602 602 602

9 1 1c 2 2 2

166,738

6/20/2011