Gyeongnam Office of Education's 2nd Supplementary Budget Reduced by 2.3 Billion Won, Passed by the Budget and Accounts Committee

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Sharon] The second supplementary budget proposal submitted by the Gyeongnam Provincial Office of Education to the Provincial Council was reduced by 2.3 billion KRW and passed by the Budget and Accounts Special Committee.

The Budget and Accounts Special Committee under the Gyeongnam Provincial Council's Education Office announced on the 19th that it reviewed the second supplementary budget proposal of 222.3 billion KRW prepared for supporting teaching and learning activities and improving school educational conditions, and cut 2.3 billion KRW from it.

The Provincial Office of Education's supplementary budget proposal is 5.735 trillion KRW, which is 222.3 billion KRW more than the original budget of 5.5126 trillion KRW.

The Budget and Accounts Special Committee cut 320 million KRW from the fine dust countermeasure project budget (purchase of simple measuring devices), 1.8 billion KRW from the first-grade elementary school classroom improvement budget, and 200 million KRW from the education support office space innovation budget, respectively, and adjusted the cut budget to the contingency fund.

Earlier, the Provincial Council's Education Committee also conducted a preliminary review of the Provincial Office of Education's supplementary budget proposal with these contents and passed a revised proposal.

The revised supplementary budget proposal will be finalized once it is reviewed and approved at the plenary session of the 373rd Provincial Council temporary session to be held on the 21st.

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