The House is sticking to the general schedule outlined previously for the budget and expects to send the $55.5 billion package to the Senate in early May. Public testimony is taking place this week in the House Finance & Appropriations Committee. On Tuesday the testimony subjects are the state corrections system, Department of Commerce, local governments and miscellaneous issues. Today’s hearings will focus on education subjects, Thursday is human services day, and Friday has been set aside for general public testimony. There is no plan for public subcommittee reports prior to the public testimony. The following week is the start of a two-week recess for the General Assembly, however, the Finance Committee will return to work in the final week of April to unveil the substitute version of the bill. The substitute version is scheduled to take place on Thursday, April 28. Further testimony on the new measure will be held on Friday and the following Monday, with plans to vote the bill out of the House during the first week in May. Asked about the potential for any non-tax revenue to be added in the House, Rep. Amstutz said, “I don’t know about that yet.”