Gov. Mark Sanford’s 2005-2006 executive proposal includes:

Education

• Spending $100 million more on K-12 education

• $53 million to increase teacher pay to above the Southeastern average

• Cutting nearly $5 million from Clemson’s public service budget

• Closing USC Salkehatchie and USC Union within three years

Taxes

• Cutting the state’s top income tax rate to 4.75 percent from 7 percent over six years

Health

• Increasing Medicaid funding by $47 million

• Consolidating seven health agencies into two

Public safety

• Adding 350 state troopers, and prison and juvenile justice officers

• Pay hikes of up to 7 percent for “critical positions”

State employees

• Eliminating TERI and 28-year retirement for new workers

• No increases in employees’ health insurance costs