NOTE* this is the purposed budget plan and it has not yet been approved by our legislators BUT still this is the general game plan for our state come january
Thursday, December 16, 2010 - Page updated at 12:01 AM
PUBLIC SCHOOLSEliminate K-4 class-size reduction funds — $216 million
Suspend Initiative 728, which provides money to reduce class sizes — $860.2 million
Suspend Initiative 732, which provides cost-of-living increases for teachers — $253.3 million
Suspend planned increases in all-day kindergarten — $57 million
Suspend annual bonuses for National Board certified teachers — $99.5 million
Suspend annual step increases for teachers — $56.3 million
Eliminate gifted-student program — $18.6 million
HIGHER EDUCATIONIncrease tuition to offset a $344.7 million cut at state colleges and universities
Further reduce state higher-ed funding by an average of 4.2 percent — $102.2 million
Suspend yearly pay increases under Initiative 732 for community-college employees — $27.1 million
Reduce state Work Study program to serve 2,800 fewer students — $20.8 million
SOCIAL SERVICESEliminate Basic Health Plan, a subsidized insurance program for the 66,000 poorer residents — $230.2 million
Eliminate Disability Lifeline, which provides health-care and cash grants to the unemployable disabled — $327.3 million
Eliminate Children's Health Program, which serves 27,000 children who could be in the country illegally — $59 million
Reduce in-home personal-care services for people on Medicaid — $97.5 million
Reduce nonemergency dental and maternity care for Medicaid patients — $48.2 million
Eliminate State Food Assistance Program — $45.6 million
PUBLIC SAFETYReduce Department of Corrections staff and programs — $51.6 million
Close McNeil Island Corrections Center — $17.6 million
Close Maple Lane School, a juvenile-offender center in Rochester, Thurston County — $3.3 million
Eliminate State Patrol Auto Theft Task Force — $3.6 million
Reduce parole services for juvenile offenders — $5 million
Deport all noncitizen drug and property offenders now incarcerated — $2.5 million
WASHINGTON STATE FERRIESIncrease fares by 10 percent
Reduce average daily sailings from 505 to 477
Cut administrative and operations support — $2.8 million
OTHER CUTSSuspend 2012 presidential primary — $10 million
Close state historical museums in Tacoma and Spokane, and eliminate education and outreach programs — $5.2 million
Cut all state funding for State Tourism Office — $4 million
Eliminate State Arts Commission — $2.5 million
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Because of this there will be no more art walks until may, atleast. Cutting social, working, business space for local artists
