Austin American Statesman: Perry signs budget, blasts higher education funding
Governor vetoes nearly $650 million in spending.
Gov. Rick Perry signed a two-year, $151.9 billion state budget into law Friday, vetoing nearly $650 million in spending and making a special point of excoriating legislators and college officials for what he described as a seriously flawed process of funding higher education.
In a proclamation regarding the budget measure, House Bill 1, the governor accused community colleges of falsifying their appropriations requests for group health insurance and universities of pressuring local legislative delegations to fund construction projects, research and other so-called special items. He vetoed $154 million in community college spending and about $36 million in special items.
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