The state’s annual spending plan is in whole based on what the state agencies and programs spent the year before. Some lawmakers want to change that and are pushing for performance-based budgeting, where agencies will have to prove their spending needs to the legislature based on evidence and data.
At a joint Senate policy hearing, Sen. Pat Browne, R-Lehigh, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said, “At its core, it (performance-based budgeting) is about organizations improving their performance by continuously tracking whether their programs and services are leading to desired results.”
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