April 3, 2015

2015-17 House budget adopted after amendments

On Thursday, the House passed its operating budget proposal (Engrossed Substitute HB 1106) off the floor, with several amendments.

The original tuition and compensation proposals from the House Chair budget remain unaltered, however there some key changes compared to the original bill:

• Funding for computer science and engineering is reduced by $3.75 million, bringing the biennial total to $4.25 million, rather than $8 million.
• An additional $1.9 million is provided for the Family Medicine Residency Network, bringing the biennial total to $4.9 million.
• New funding of $300,000 is provided for the UW’s Latino Health Center over the biennium.
• New funding of $400,000 is provided for the Climate Impacts Group in the College of the Environment over the biennium.

Please see our OBP brief for more information about the original House proposal.

The Senate is expected to vote on its operating budget on Monday.