Charts – State Operating Funds Spending by Financial Plan Category

CASH DISBURSEMENTS BY FINANCIAL PLAN CATEGORY
STATE OPERATING FUNDS
(millions of dollars)
Financial Plan Category FY 2023 Actuals FY 2024 Projected FY 2025 Projected FY 2026 Projected FY 2027 Projected
Local Assistance Grants 81,877 90,589 94,404 97,768 101,754
School Aid (School Year Basis)1 31,373 34,388 35,704 37,146 38,613
DOH Medicaid 25,468 27,253 30,137 32,199 34,155
Transportation 4,569 5,249 5,141 5,142 5,140
STAR 1,781 1,667 1,575 1,547 1,520
Higher Education 2,876 3,139 3,209 3,283 3,338
Social Services 4,997 4,781 5,539 5,010 4,973
Mental Hygiene2 4,786 6,463 5,635 5,796 6,210
All Other3 6,027 7,649 7,464 7,645 7,805
State Operations 21,190 21,743 22,966 24,646 25,013
Personal Service 14,840 15,873 16,085 16,372 16,692
Non-Personal Service 6,350 5,870 6,881 8,274 8,321
General State Charges 10,203 8,870 10,125 11,325 12,791
Pension Contribution 2,045 2,099 2,428 2,791 3,548
Health Insurance 6,003 4,765 5,556 6,179 6,808
All Other 2,155 2,006 2,141 2,355 2,435
Debt Service 10,481 2,638 3,368 4,884 4,868
Total Disbursements 123,751 123,840 130,863 138,623 144,426
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.
2Multi-year estimates exclude a portion of spending reported under the Medicaid Global Cap that has no impact on mental hygiene service delivery or operations. 
3All 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.