Updated Kentucky House Budget Adds Raises, School Funding Increases

Updated Kentucky House budget adds raises, school funding increases

It also no longer includes language capping state employee insurance contributions.

Schools get 2% increase but transportation funding still flat in revised House GOP budget  • Kentucky Lantern

House budget committee chair Jason Petrie, R-Elkton, introduces a new version of the state executive branch budget bill, HB 500, Feb. 25, 2026. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Liam Niemeyer)FRANKFORT — Republicans on the House budget committee approved a revised state budget proposal Wednesday that removes a spending cap that was raising worries of sharp increases in health insurance costs for public employees and retirees. The executive branch budge…

Kentuckians concerned about state lawmaker's budget plan impact on services and programs

The House Republicans in Kentucky have proposed House Bill 500, a budget plan that aims to reevaluate and reduce unnecessary spending, causing concern among some Kentuckians who fear it may adversely impact the community.

Kentucky House committee clears new GOP two-year budget bill spending $31B

The latest version of the $31 billion GOP budget bill, which includes more money for education and Medicaid, passed a Kentucky House committee — before the public could read it.

Proposed state budget would cut education, causing concern in Floyd

As the Kentucky legislature continues the process of setting the state's two-year budget, concerns are being raised about the cuts the current bill — House Bill 500 — could make to public education.

House Proposes Still-Austere Budget That Freezes and Cuts Funding, Adds to Already Large Budget Reserves - Kentucky Center for Economic Policy

The original HB 500, introduced late last month, was met with significant public criticism, including for its cap on employer health insurance contributions and cuts to Medicaid and education. The new version voted on in committee today makes improvements in some areas — including removing the language capping state health insurance contributions — but it cuts funding in others. It still presents an austere budget that reflects the harms of rece…