STATE TRENDS

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STATE TRENDS

• National Conference of State Legislatures
• William T. Pound, Executive Director

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2004 Legislative Party Control
Republican--21
Democrat--17

Split--11
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Divided Government
Unified R--12
Unified D--7

Divided--30
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Percentage of Legislative Seats Held by Party
1938-2003
Source NCSL, 2003
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Government Receiptsas of GDP

• 1991 2001
• State and Local 9.8 10.0
• Federal 17.8 19.6

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Government Expenditures

• 
  2001
• State and Local 9.8
• Federal 18.4
• In 2001, Federal Grants to State and Local
  Government were 17 of the Federal budget. Of
  this, Medicaid was 45.7 and Highway-Mass Transit
  was 10.5.

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Total State Spending FY 1991 - FY 2001
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Allocation of State Spending, FY 1991 And FY 2001
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Changes in Total State Spending FY1991- FY2001
Selected Programs, Millions of Dollars
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STATE SPENDING PATTERNS

• K-12 EDUCATION 30.6
• MEDICAID 14.0
• HIGHER EDUCATION 11.7
• CORRECTIONS 6.0
• 62.3
• All other categories - 37.8

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TRENDS

• 1. A continuous decline in Federal general
  purpose grant support to State and Local
  government.
• 2. Federal support grows in areas requiring
  significant State Match
• 3. Growth in Federal Mandates requiring major
  State expenditures

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TRENDS (continued)

• Unfunded
  Mandate
• IDEA (Special Education) 11-25 billion
• No Child Left Behind 5-35 billion
• HAVA (Election Reform) 1-15 billion
• Homeland Security 9-20 billion