Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed the state’s $27.2 billion budget for the 2022 fiscal year on Monday, approving a 2.5% increase in spending over the current fiscal year.

The plan for spending, starting July 1 through June 30, 2022, gradually replaces more than $2 billion that was cut from the budget at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. It calls for spending more money on health care, education, transportation, state positions, internet access and economic initiatives. Budget writers backfilled the budget where they could with federal funds and redirected state funding to other expenses.