CHARLESTON (AP) — Gov. Joe Manchin approved a new $11.5 billion budget for West Virginia on Friday, trimming $7 million from its proposed spending but also promising to offset $1.6 million of those cuts with temporary funding.

Manchin wielded the line-item veto to delete $5 million for technology system specialists that the House and Senate had added for public schools. The governor said Friday that this new spending had not been “fully vetted” to ensure that it was needed and did not duplicate existing services.

Other line-item vetoes reduced funding for free clinics, domestic violence programs and in-home family education by a combined $2 million. Lawmakers had increased spending in those areas by that amount, above what Manchin had recommended on the eve of last week’s budget session.

Manchin objected to expanding the base budget of each program and said the supplemental appropriation measures he plans to propose later this month will help each with one-time costs.

Those cuts reduce more than $3 million worth of health care-related increases that lawmakers sought to fund through a reserve in the state’s Medicaid program. The other spending, spared Manchin’s veto, includes $1.5 million for teaching hospitals.

Legislative leaders say they did not previously know about this surplus, which totals around $237 million. The administration opposed them tapping it, arguing the state will need it by 2014 to help pay for Medicaid.

House Health and Human Resources Chairman Don Perdue and his Senate counterpart, Roman Prezioso, said they were “very disappointed” by the governor’s vetoes.

“These vetoes create unnecessary uncertainty for these vital agencies that are trying to provide consistent, uninterrupted services,” said Perdue, D-Wayne. He also questioned whether the cuts increase the Medicaid surplus at a time when the state is relying on stimulus funds for that program.

“We’re talking about $1 million less for domestic violence programs and prevention and $500,000 less for health right free clinics,” said Prezioso, D-Marion. “The governor mentions supplemental appropriations to compensate but we don’t feel that’s sufficient to ensure the stability of these programs.”

But Manchin said the ongoing recession should limit spending in these areas to one-time increases only.

“I applaud Delegate Perdue and Senator Prezioso for identifying that there is a need,” the governor told The Associated Press. “But with this unstable economy, there’s nobody with a crystal ball to say ‘All this is going to change.’ I just don’t think that’s prudent or proper to expand the base.”

The recession’s projected effect on future revenues also prompted lawmakers to pare down spending backed by general taxes and lottery proceeds by around $197 million. Those sections of the budget total $4.2 billion. Largely following what Manchin had recommended, the House and Senate offset $81 million of those cuts with federal stimulus funds.

The final budget bill passed Sunday, more than a month after the regular session ended. Legislative leaders chose the delay to ensure that economic signs did not signal deeper cuts.

Taking effect July 1, the budget’s spending also includes $4.5 billion from federal funds, $1.3 billion from the State Road Fund and $1.4 billion from such other sources as licensing and regulatory fees.

While the federal and road funding reflect a $1.1 billion boost from the stimulus, the general revenue and lottery portions spend $137 million, or 3 percent less than that of the budget bill passed last year.