{"64937":{"#nid":"64937","#data":{"type":"news","title":"FY2012 Budget Passes Out of House","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe House of Representatives made\nquick work of its consideration of the FY2012 budget.\u0026nbsp; Less than two weeks after finalizing the\nFY2011 Amended, the chamber passed its FY2012 appropriations measure and sent\nit to the Senate for consideration. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe budget bill, designated as HB78,\ncontained good news for Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\nThe Institute\u0027s primary priority, $4.2 million in bond funds for\nconstruction of the Eco-Commons\/Storm Water Relocation Project, was included.\u0026nbsp; The bond package also included $50 million in\nMajor Repair and Rehabilitation funds for the USG, another key legislative\nconcern.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAs in Governor Deal\u2019s recommendation,\nthe budget as passed did not include new Formula Funds for enrollment growth. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EHB78 now goes to the Senate where it\nappears to be on track for quick action.\u0026nbsp;\nAppropriations subcommittees are due to discuss and vote on the bill\nearly next week with the entire Appropriations Committee likely to meet later\nnext week.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter approval by the Senate,\nthe two versions will be reconciled by House and Senate leadership before going\nto the governor for his final approval.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Few USG changes from Governor\u2019s recommendation; Legislation appears fast-tracked in Senate"}],"uid":"27331","created_gmt":"2011-03-14 10:27:51","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:22","author":"George Ray","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-03-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-03-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"50863":{"id":"50863","type":"image","title":"State Capitol","body":null,"created":"1449175449","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:44:09","changed":"1475894473","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:13","alt":"State Capitol","file":{"fid":"146036","name":"cap.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cap_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cap_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1556119,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/cap_0.jpg?itok=UHFOLO1y"}}},"media_ids":["50863"],"groups":[{"id":"47398","name":"GCR (Office of Government and Community Relations)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"7784","name":"Georgia General Assembly"},{"id":"8300","name":"Georgia Tech Office of Government and Community Relations"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorge Ray\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGCR Associate\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:george.ray@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Egeorge.ray@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["george.ray@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}