OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Gov. Mary Fallin's proposed budget for the upcoming year calls for 6.25 percent cuts to the operating budgets of many state agencies.
The governor's proposal for the fiscal year that begins July 1 was outlined Monday, the opening day of the 2015 Oklahoma Legislature, by Fallin's secretary of finance, Preston Doerflinger.
Doerflinger says Fallin's proposed budget calls for appropriations increases to five agencies that she considers priorities this year, including the departments of education, corrections and human services. The budgets of 10 other agencies, including the Department of Transportation, would maintain their current appropriation level while all others would receive budget cuts.
The Board of Equalization has estimated lawmakers will have about $300 million less to appropriate in the upcoming year than they did for the current budget.