FILE - In this April 20, 2015 file photo, students walk to and from classes on the campus quad of the University of Colorado, in Boulder, Colo. There's good news and bad news in the $27 billion state budget up for debate Thursday, March 31, 2016, in the Colorado House. Schools and colleges aren’t getting budget cuts. Colleges and vocational training programs fared well, too, getting an extra $14.5 million despite warnings from legislative Democrats that Colorado’s 31 public institutions of higher education would see budget cuts requiring tuition hikes. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

DENVER | A $27 billion spending plan for Colorado is halfway to the governor’s desk.

The state House voted 39-26 Friday to give final approval to a budget for the fiscal year that begins in July.

The budget includes about $150 million for highway construction and a slight for K-12 schools and public colleges.

There are some cuts, too. Budget-writers trimmed some $73 million from hospitals, part of a complicated arrangement to avoid even deeper cuts later. And the spending package includes fee hikes for people getting new driver’s licenses and other services from the Department of Motor Vehicles.

The budget now heads to the Senate. Lawmakers are still wrangling over funding an air-quality office that Republicans fear is improperly working to implement pollution controls from the Obama administration.

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