An emerging deal on the overdue state budget stalled in the back rooms of the Capitol on Monday night, apparently over a handful of unresolved issues, including a proposal to give more money to suburban school districts, the Sacramento Bee reports.

Lawmakers returned to work Monday after weeks of little progress on the spending plan and announced a tentative deal in the Senate that raised hopes the $103 billion budget could be resolved within hours.

Both houses scheduled 10 p.m. floor sessions, but adjourned before taking action. Another session was scheduled for today.

California remains the last state in the union without an enacted budget and is 17 days away from breaking the state’s late budget-signing record of Sept. 5, 2002.

Without identifying specific concerns, Senate Republican leader Dick Ackerman said his caucus still had a number of “outstanding issues” that needed to be resolved.

“It’s not done yet,” Ackerman said.

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