What’s In the Proposed Fiscal Year 2020 Budget for PreK-12 Education?
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The total proposed for budget for IDA is $3.3 million, a decrease of just over $1 million from FY 2019. It also is well below the peak budget of $10.9 million in FY 2009.
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Modifying or eliminating ineffective economic development tax incentives would free up revenues to address priorities in the FY 2020 budget, including schools and affordable housing.
Modifying or eliminating ineffective tax expenditure programs would be good public policy and would free up revenues to address priorities in the FY 2020 budget.
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DCFPI’s key takeaways from the Mayor’s proposed fiscal year (FY) 2020 budget
DCFPI’s preliminary analysis of the Mayor’s proposed FY 2020 budget highlights increased investments and areas where the budget fell short.
Mayor Bowser’s proposed FY 2020 budget makes important new investments, but in many ways missed an opportunity to address the city’s most pressing challenges. DCFPI highlighted notable funding increases and identified opportunities for the Council to make […]
DC imposes barriers to accessing health care through the DC Healthcare Alliance—a program for low-income residents that primarily serves immigrants—contributing to both poor health outcomes and unnecessarily high program costs.