The legislature addressed the legislation this week of the 2011 session before a long list of questions, some of which are managed and others that Governor Mitch Daniels has asked them to be overcome.
In the list of tasks that you pass a state budget for the two-year cycle, the 1 July, with the new map of legislative districts and Congress on the results of the census 2010th
The cards can not happen to be difficult, because the Republicans now, the state House and Senate control with wide margins. But the current economic problems could be hard to write the budget, even if some of the leaders of the Attorney General on the priorities.
"It is beautiful because our options are very limited," said Senate appropriations chairman Luke Kenley, R-Noblesville. "But it is possible. We are not a tax increase, and there is too much disagreement between Republicans and Democrats that promote the priority that is not the money, the K-12 -. l Education and Higher Education"
The legislature must state unemployment insurance and bankruptcy proposals for the consolidation of certain functions of local government and the governor's plan to use public funds to send students to private schools renew.
In addition, a bipartisan commission recommended on changes sentencing for drug offenses and theft, designed to put less pronounced in prison for sending more than one program of the Community.
Daniels said he was "very, very excited" by the previous session. He said officials not to discuss "our duty" during the meeting, but improvements in government and education.
"This could be one of the most important meeting ever be," said Daniels.
Budget
It can not account for more than the General Assembly of the priorities of the state budget two years, which sets for public schools, universities, prisons, government spending and says his dozens of other programs.
But with little new money to spend, spending decisions are limited.
Corporate funding of education. While the Heads of State and Government agree that tax money for schools is a priority, says Kenley it a success is that the General Assembly can lump all online financing for school districts.
For some, this would indeed be cut. This is because even if the number of total funding remains constant dollars, partly distributed on the basis of the registry so that other schools usually have more, while the stagnation and decline districts have less.
In addition, to achieve a lump sum funding, the legislature can cut elsewhere, although authorities have already reduced costs by around 15 percent in the past two years.
An estimate of the revenue forecast in December, the State 27300000000 $ for 30th to spend June 2013. It depends on the last two years, the sum is not sufficient for the current level of government spending without dipping further to keep the current accounts.
"Our challenge is to spend within our means, without tax increases," said Rep. Ed Clere, a Republican from New Albany, on the streets and Means Committee budget binds writing this year. "It will likely further cuts in some areas. Mathematically, we should not avoid the reality."
Redistricting
Every 10 years for the legislature to redraw maps of Congress and the boundaries of their districts to new census data.
Detailed reports on cities and counties will only happen in February, but the Republicans have promised they will try to districts that are compact enough to stay together as communities to attract and protect in accordance with the rules of the Federal to the minority voters.
But it is expected that changes in the 9th Congressional District, Republicans have tended to make, but will probably revised to include more voters of the Republican Party, the outgoing U.S. Representative Baron Hill, said District D-9. This is one reason Hill should not try to win back his place.
State legislative districts in southern Indiana, could also change as the Republicans try to get the seats they won in elections in November.
Make sure that the process that organized the Status of Women Voters and AARP oversee the new division League chapters Commission Indiana citizens to the process.
Julia Vaughn, Policy Director of Common Cause / Indiana, said the Commission and the efforts to improve public information, order tickets to create "offer the possibility to take out the backroom redistricting of the legislature and put it on the screens of the free-throw by the state. "
"The 2011 round of redistricting has the potential to transparent and open forever," he said, "but only if the citizens take advantage of these tools."
Schools
There is no area that is in the Daniel aggressive in this module, a system of vouchers, merit pay for teachers and the abolition of the capacity of teacher unions by inches and always negotiate, but the wages and benefits.
It also provides scholarships for students who completed high school in three years instead of four.
The ideas are the best teachers, pupils and schools, "he said.
"We have every child in this state, the best teachers, we can give," said Daniels.
These ideas may find receptive ears among the Republicans, but some - particularly the voucher program - are controversial among Democrats. Minority Leader Pat Bauer, D-South Bend, said that only good U.S. dollars from public schools that badly need.
"We are broke and create a new spending program," said Bauer. "They spend if they are to be reduced. But what does not come from public school and no money."
However, said state Rep. Terry Goodin, a Democrat and the superintendent of Crothersville schools, he expects to have the Group, an open mind on the proposals of the governor.
"What we do is to ensure that students are the main target group for this," said Goodin. "And we believe every student -. Not only some people in some regions of the state"
Unemployment
This is the second attempt by the General Assembly to the UI state, which now owe $ 2000000000 to the Federal government properly, partly because the legislature to lower the taxes and benefits increased a decade makes.
In an attempt to fight against the system fails, the legislature approved a tax increase in 2009 - came into force on Saturday - the company to 57 percent more per year to pay to pay to require the trust fund payments to the unemployed.
This year, legislators are asked to play with the tax increase and to consider trying to reduce benefits to bring revenues in line with program costs.
"We can not continue without them really the issue," said Rep. Steve Stemler, D-Jeffersonville. "There must be a compromise between the benefits and the money collected by the company. There are some creative ideas, but ultimately everyone has to give."
Additional benefit to the changes, Republicans are expected to take measures to try to reduce fraud in the system and pull eligibility criteria, particularly for seasonal workers to collect the payments in their pre-season.
"This will be come one of the five questions we have on this event," said the Speaker of the House Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis. "We must find a way to get a system that is turned completely bankrupt."
Criminal Judgments
A cross-party group of MPs and representatives of the Criminal Justice recommended last month a law that would be away from Indiana as one-size-fits-all structure of the sentence for the crimes of theft and drugs in the system with different levels depending on the seriousness of the offense.
Legislation is subject to the results of a study by the Pew Center on the States and of the Council of State Governments Justice Center, which is the Indiana law does not give rise to sanctions to the gravity determined based crimes - particularly in the areas of drugs and theft.
The aim of the project is the number of persons sentenced in drug trafficking and reduce the property to state prisons, which remains the most expensive place to manage them, and instead of serving many programs of the Community. The plan would reduce sentences for defendants, but many gains for others.
Clere said the proposals by the rough voice of some Members that the voices "are likely to be interpreted incorrectly and out of context." Afraid of the sets
But most important, he said the legislature does not have enough time to make proposals to decision time and energy they deserve.
"The legislature has limited capacity to take account of the main points, fully and responsibly meet in a single term," he said. "If you look at the list of problems that will look to get more attention and time there, many of them, and everyone has an adequate attention.
"This has the potential to be a very productive meeting," said Clere. "If not, shame on us."
In the list of tasks that you pass a state budget for the two-year cycle, the 1 July, with the new map of legislative districts and Congress on the results of the census 2010th
The cards can not happen to be difficult, because the Republicans now, the state House and Senate control with wide margins. But the current economic problems could be hard to write the budget, even if some of the leaders of the Attorney General on the priorities.
"It is beautiful because our options are very limited," said Senate appropriations chairman Luke Kenley, R-Noblesville. "But it is possible. We are not a tax increase, and there is too much disagreement between Republicans and Democrats that promote the priority that is not the money, the K-12 -. l Education and Higher Education"
The legislature must state unemployment insurance and bankruptcy proposals for the consolidation of certain functions of local government and the governor's plan to use public funds to send students to private schools renew.
In addition, a bipartisan commission recommended on changes sentencing for drug offenses and theft, designed to put less pronounced in prison for sending more than one program of the Community.
Daniels said he was "very, very excited" by the previous session. He said officials not to discuss "our duty" during the meeting, but improvements in government and education.
"This could be one of the most important meeting ever be," said Daniels.
Budget
It can not account for more than the General Assembly of the priorities of the state budget two years, which sets for public schools, universities, prisons, government spending and says his dozens of other programs.
But with little new money to spend, spending decisions are limited.
Corporate funding of education. While the Heads of State and Government agree that tax money for schools is a priority, says Kenley it a success is that the General Assembly can lump all online financing for school districts.
For some, this would indeed be cut. This is because even if the number of total funding remains constant dollars, partly distributed on the basis of the registry so that other schools usually have more, while the stagnation and decline districts have less.
In addition, to achieve a lump sum funding, the legislature can cut elsewhere, although authorities have already reduced costs by around 15 percent in the past two years.
An estimate of the revenue forecast in December, the State 27300000000 $ for 30th to spend June 2013. It depends on the last two years, the sum is not sufficient for the current level of government spending without dipping further to keep the current accounts.
"Our challenge is to spend within our means, without tax increases," said Rep. Ed Clere, a Republican from New Albany, on the streets and Means Committee budget binds writing this year. "It will likely further cuts in some areas. Mathematically, we should not avoid the reality."
Redistricting
Every 10 years for the legislature to redraw maps of Congress and the boundaries of their districts to new census data.
Detailed reports on cities and counties will only happen in February, but the Republicans have promised they will try to districts that are compact enough to stay together as communities to attract and protect in accordance with the rules of the Federal to the minority voters.
But it is expected that changes in the 9th Congressional District, Republicans have tended to make, but will probably revised to include more voters of the Republican Party, the outgoing U.S. Representative Baron Hill, said District D-9. This is one reason Hill should not try to win back his place.
State legislative districts in southern Indiana, could also change as the Republicans try to get the seats they won in elections in November.
Make sure that the process that organized the Status of Women Voters and AARP oversee the new division League chapters Commission Indiana citizens to the process.
Julia Vaughn, Policy Director of Common Cause / Indiana, said the Commission and the efforts to improve public information, order tickets to create "offer the possibility to take out the backroom redistricting of the legislature and put it on the screens of the free-throw by the state. "
"The 2011 round of redistricting has the potential to transparent and open forever," he said, "but only if the citizens take advantage of these tools."
Schools
There is no area that is in the Daniel aggressive in this module, a system of vouchers, merit pay for teachers and the abolition of the capacity of teacher unions by inches and always negotiate, but the wages and benefits.
It also provides scholarships for students who completed high school in three years instead of four.
The ideas are the best teachers, pupils and schools, "he said.
"We have every child in this state, the best teachers, we can give," said Daniels.
These ideas may find receptive ears among the Republicans, but some - particularly the voucher program - are controversial among Democrats. Minority Leader Pat Bauer, D-South Bend, said that only good U.S. dollars from public schools that badly need.
"We are broke and create a new spending program," said Bauer. "They spend if they are to be reduced. But what does not come from public school and no money."
However, said state Rep. Terry Goodin, a Democrat and the superintendent of Crothersville schools, he expects to have the Group, an open mind on the proposals of the governor.
"What we do is to ensure that students are the main target group for this," said Goodin. "And we believe every student -. Not only some people in some regions of the state"
Unemployment
This is the second attempt by the General Assembly to the UI state, which now owe $ 2000000000 to the Federal government properly, partly because the legislature to lower the taxes and benefits increased a decade makes.
In an attempt to fight against the system fails, the legislature approved a tax increase in 2009 - came into force on Saturday - the company to 57 percent more per year to pay to pay to require the trust fund payments to the unemployed.
This year, legislators are asked to play with the tax increase and to consider trying to reduce benefits to bring revenues in line with program costs.
"We can not continue without them really the issue," said Rep. Steve Stemler, D-Jeffersonville. "There must be a compromise between the benefits and the money collected by the company. There are some creative ideas, but ultimately everyone has to give."
Additional benefit to the changes, Republicans are expected to take measures to try to reduce fraud in the system and pull eligibility criteria, particularly for seasonal workers to collect the payments in their pre-season.
"This will be come one of the five questions we have on this event," said the Speaker of the House Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis. "We must find a way to get a system that is turned completely bankrupt."
Criminal Judgments
A cross-party group of MPs and representatives of the Criminal Justice recommended last month a law that would be away from Indiana as one-size-fits-all structure of the sentence for the crimes of theft and drugs in the system with different levels depending on the seriousness of the offense.
Legislation is subject to the results of a study by the Pew Center on the States and of the Council of State Governments Justice Center, which is the Indiana law does not give rise to sanctions to the gravity determined based crimes - particularly in the areas of drugs and theft.
The aim of the project is the number of persons sentenced in drug trafficking and reduce the property to state prisons, which remains the most expensive place to manage them, and instead of serving many programs of the Community. The plan would reduce sentences for defendants, but many gains for others.
Clere said the proposals by the rough voice of some Members that the voices "are likely to be interpreted incorrectly and out of context." Afraid of the sets
But most important, he said the legislature does not have enough time to make proposals to decision time and energy they deserve.
"The legislature has limited capacity to take account of the main points, fully and responsibly meet in a single term," he said. "If you look at the list of problems that will look to get more attention and time there, many of them, and everyone has an adequate attention.
"This has the potential to be a very productive meeting," said Clere. "If not, shame on us."
