The Georgia Senate passed a budget on Thursday that cuts $87 million from teaching at the state’s public universities, money connected to a dispute with the House over hospital permits and funding.
The Senate and House face a deadline of next Wednesday, the last day of the 2023 legislative session, to work out differences.
Senators voted 51-1 for House Bill 19, which would spend $32.4 billion in state money in the 2024 year beginning July 1. Counting federal and other money, the state would spend nearly $56 billion.
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