Alabama’s funds that fuel education and government agencies ended fiscal year 2025 in good shape, and in the case of the General Fund, better than expected.

The General Fund, which supports most non-education state agencies, increased by $120.1 million, or 3.47%, over last year to nearly $3.6 billion.

The Education Trust Fund ended fiscal year ’25 at $10.9 billion and up 2.49% or $265.6 million.

Both funds more than met their obligations for the fiscal year that ended last week, and legislative leaders say that, due to conservative spending plans, they feel good about fiscal 2026’s commitments. The education and General Fund budgets for fiscal 2026, which began Wednesday, are nearly $10 billion and $3.7 billion, respectively.

But crafting the fiscal 2027 spending plans, which lawmakers

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