The shorter version of Senator Don Harmon's budget presentation.

1. State Senator Don Harmon &
Representative Camille Lilly
June 9 Town Hall Meeting

2. The budget process timeline
1) February: Governor’s proposal
2) February-May: General Assembly hearings
3) May: General Assembly votes
4) June: Governor signs or vetoes
5) June-?: If vetoed, negotiations continue
6) July: If no agreement, government begins to
shut down
7) August: If no agreement, local schools begin to
shut down

3. Gov. Rauner’s proposed budget cuts
• 50% less funding for local governments, resulting
in less services or higher property taxes
• $170 million cut to public transit, resulting in
higher CTA, Metra and Pace fares
• More than 30% cut to public university funding,
resulting in higher tuition rates
• Major cuts to human services programs that help
keep seniors in their own homes, provide health
care to the very poor, and support people with
disabilities and mental illnesses

4. Governor Rauner’s budget gap
Cuts that require changes to state law or the Constitution
• Unconstitutional pension changes: $2.2 billion
• Cuts to federally required health care programs: $1.5 billion
• Eliminating retiree health care for teachers: $113 million
• Cutting state employee health care: $570 million
• Cutting funding for local governments: $913 million
• Cutting human services required by state or federal law: $492 million
Total Hole: $5.788 billion
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6. By the numbers
Fiscal Year 15 Governor’s proposal Democrats’
proposal
Required spending $18.6 billion $15 billion (more than
$5 billion short)
$19 billion
Human Services $5.5 billion $4.9 billion $5.4 billion
K-12 Education $6.8 billion $7.1 billion $7 billion
Higher Education $1.9 billion $1.6 billion $1.9 billion
Public Safety $1.8 billion $1.8 billion $1.8 billion
General Services $1.2 billion $1.1 billion $1.1 billion

7. Cuts we made before Rauner
• Adjusted for inflation, spending dropped more
than $5 billion between 2000 and 2014
• Medicaid reform saved more than $3 billion
• Higher education investment: Down 41%
• Health care investment: Down 24%
• Human services investments: Down 34%
• Other government spending: Down 52%

8. A balanced approach to education
• Investing more in P-12 education without
cutting support for vital programs like foreign
language education and AP
• Manageable cuts to public universities – 6.5%
instead of the governor’s 30%
• Increased investment in need-based financial
aid

9. The Middle Class Agenda
• A higher minimum wage
• Paid sick time
• College tuition tax refund
• Free community college
• Closing corporate tax loopholes

10. Where did the tax increase go?
• The tax increase brought in $34.5 billion.
• It paid down $6 billion in overdue bills.
• It paid down $8 billion in general debt.
• It paid down more than $21 billion in public
employee pension debt.

11. Contact information:
Senator Harmon:
Oak Park office: 708-848-2002
Springfield office: 217-782-8176
www.DonHarmon.org
Representative Lilly:
Chicago office: 773-473-7300
Springfield office: 217-782-6400
staterepcamilleylilly@gmail.com