Education.
Only the operating budget must be balanced in state government.
most states require a balanced budget for state spending
Public education is funded by the state, and when the state needs to save money or balance a state budget deficit, they must make cuts from publicly funded arenas to make ends meet, including education.
The answer is not California. For California is not in the southwest. The answer is Texas. The southwest states are Arizona (I live there), New Mexico, Oklahoma, and of course, Texas.
California
The budget of California State Military Reserve is 618,000 dollars.
On Friday, June 14, 2013 the California state Legislature approved a new state budget. The budget was approved at a sum of 96.3 billion dollars. This is the third largest budget in the states history.
The California state budget for 2008 has not been signed as of yet. Californians are still waiting.
payroll
California
The California budget has been hit hard by unions and union pensions. The current economic recession has also taken its toll on the state's budget as well as the budget process currently used by California.
California
budget, but they are expensive.
California's state budget for the current fiscal year, and past years can be found at the California Department of Finance, along with salaries and wages of Government officials, and other historical documents.
because the Governator keeps terminating it
According to the California Department of Finance the amount varies from year to year. Generally 52 to 55% of the state budget is spent on education.
No not yet, although technically it was supposed to have been already.