Jan 28, 2011

Cutting to The Bone and Beyond

     Governor Bentley has asked the heads of Alabama's Public Education...K-12 and Higher Ed...how schools would be impacted f he were to declare 3% cuts in the current budget and 10% in the 2011-12 budget.
     Let's put that in the proper perspective. In September, outgoing Governor Riley cut the Education Budget by 9.5 % in 2010 and 11% in the previous year. If Bentley orders the proration he's asking about, it would mean  budget cuts of about 33% over the past few years. How do you operate a school system on 33% less money?
     Stimulus money (that the Alabama Congressional Delegation voted against) is gone, though it saved thousands of Alabama teacher's jobs.



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3 comments:

  1. Jay CroftFriday, January 28, 2011 10:31:00 AM

    so, the stimulus money TEMPORARILY saved thousands of teachers' jobs, but what about now, when the stimulus money is gone?

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  2. Loretta NallSunday, January 30, 2011 6:47:00 AM

    The largest portion of the stimulus money (18%) actually went to the prison system to prop it up for 3 months. Really shows where our priorities are in Alabama doesn't it?

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