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Follow the Public Money · Kentucky qualifying edition 10 · Version 1.0 · source reviewed November 8, 2026.
Abstract
A Kentucky agency page can place a funding increase, its General Fund portion, and a separate General Fund reduction in the same policy paragraph. This edition applies a five-field reading method to the Department of Workforce Development so a reader can preserve what the enacted document says without turning authorized policy into a payment, recipient, savings, or outcome claim.
Scope and method
The bounded source is the official enacted 2026–2028 Operating Budget, Volume I, PDF pages 123–124 / printed pages 111–112. Values below are direct transcriptions from the Department of Workforce Development table and policy paragraph. The policy components are not netted together because the page does not establish that such a calculation represents a transferable balance, payment, saving, or program result.
Five fields to preserve
| Field | Question |
|---|---|
| Amount | What exact amount is stated, and is it a total or a named fund portion? |
| Fiscal year | Does the figure apply to FY2027, FY2028, or another period? |
| Purpose | What purpose does the narrative attach to the amount? |
| Fund lane | Does the page identify General Fund, Federal Fund, Restricted Fund, or another source? |
| Reduction or limit | Is a separate reduction, condition, cap, or restriction stated nearby? |
Worked record: Workforce Development policy paragraph
| Policy component | FY2027 enacted | FY2028 enacted | Bounded meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Additional funding for salary increments | $1,329,500 | $2,739,800 | Supports a 2% salary increment in FY2027 and an additional 2% in FY2028, as stated in the policy text. |
| General Fund portion of that additional funding | $359,000 | $739,700 | A stated fund-source portion, not an additional amount to add again. |
| Separate General Fund reduction | $791,400 (4%) | $1,385,100 (7%) | A separate enacted reduction identified by the policy text; not proof of realized savings. |
The page’s FY2027 table also reports Total Source of Funds of $564,428,300 and Total Expenditures of $533,352,600 for the department. Those are enacted table views. They are not certifications of cash received, invoices, payments, recoveries, outputs, or outcomes.
Citizen extraction worksheet
- Record the document edition, PDF page, printed page, agency, and retrieval date.
- Copy each figure with its fiscal year and actual, revised, or enacted label.
- Attach the narrative purpose and exact fund lane to the figure.
- Keep totals, fund portions, reductions, and limits as separate rows.
- Do not net policy components unless the source defines that calculation; show any independent arithmetic and its limits.
- Name the next execution evidence needed: amendment, encumbrance, contract, invoice, payment, recovery, audit, output, or outcome.
Limits, version, and correction route
This paper does not review every Workforce Development program, transaction, employee, recipient, amendment, contract, invoice, payment, recovery, audit, output, or outcome. It does not infer motive, influence, favoritism, legality, waste, savings, ROI, or causation. Corrections should identify the exact source, page, field, and replacement evidence. Louisville correction and update monitoring remains active. No downloadable PDF is claimed because a controlled public file route and print receiving-surface QA were not completed.
Official sources
- Kentucky Office of State Budget Director — Budget Documents
- 2026–2028 Budget of the Commonwealth — Volume I
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