Pence set to sign $31 billion Indiana budget plan

LEBANON, Ind. (AP) — Gov. Mike Pence plans on signing the new state budget plan during a ceremony at a central Indiana elementary school.

The new two-year state spending plan was approved by the General Assembly last week. Slightly more than half of the $31 billion budget goes toward K-12 education, with funding going up 2.3 percent each year.

Pence is scheduled to sign the budget bill Thursday afternoon at Perry-Worth Elementary School in Lebanon.

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