Charts – State Operating Funds Spending by Financial Plan Category

CASH DISBURSEMENTS BY FINANCIAL PLAN CATEGORY
STATE OPERATING FUNDS
(millions of dollars)
	FY 2023 Projected	FY 2024 Projected	FY 2025 Projected	FY 2026 Projected	FY 2027 Projected
Local Assistance Grants	83,271	89,417	93,707	97,517	101,420
School Aid (School Year Basis)¹	31,250	34,386	35,707	37,165	38,668
DOH Medicaid²	25,423	27,300	29,882	32,164	33,907
Transportation	4,572	5,216	4,920	4,921	4,919
STAR	1,781	1,717	1,610	1,562	1,535
Higher Education	2,947	3,091	3,215	3,284	3,365
Social Services	5,122	4,388	4,912	4,558	4,620
Mental Hygiene³	4,985	6,468	5,839	5,839	6,079
All Other⁴	7,191	6,851	7,622	8,024	8,327
State Operations	20,913	22,259	22,193	23,500	23,721
Personal Service	15,581	15,858	15,930	16,072	16,231
Non-Personal Service	5,332	6,401	6,263	7,428	7,490
General State Charges	10,028	10,010	11,326	12,296	13,906
Pension Contribution	2,087	2,287	2,888	3,693	4,550
Health Insurance	5,922	5,551	6,171	6,279	6,958
All Other	2,019	2,172	2,267	2,324	2,398
Debt Service	8,491	3,498	4,270	5,438	5,413
Total Disbursements	122,703	125,184	131,496	138,751	144,460
¹Does not reflect a significant amount of Federal CRRSA and ARP Act funding for school districts to be distributed over multiple years, such as prekindergarten expansion grants supported by ARP Act funding that appear on the School Aid run.
²Total State share Medicaid spending is offset by the benefit of eFMAP of 6.2 percent.
³Multi-year estimates exclude a portion of spending reported under the Medicaid Global Cap that has no impact on mental hygiene service delivery or operations.
⁴All Other includes education, parks, environment, economic development, and public safety, as well as the reconciliation between school year and State fiscal year spending on School Aid.

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