Research Report
The Best of Both Budgets: “Reverse logrolling” would help legislators produce a sound spending plan
posted June 17, 2014 by Sarah Curry
Reverse logrolling applied to the current state budget would result in a General Fund budget of $20.6 billion and a $667 million surplus, which would allow legislators more flexibility when discussing spending priorities, including teacher pay increases. It would also allow enough to be set aside in savings and reserves to avoid any unforeseen shortfalls in the next fiscal year.