Highlights of Gregoire's budget cuts

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 SCHOOLS
Eliminate 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 EDUCATION

Increase 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 SERVICES

Eliminate 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 SAFETY

Reduce 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 FERRIES

Increase fares by 10 percent

Reduce average daily sailings from 505 to 477

Cut administrative and operations support — $2.8 million

OTHER CUTS

Suspend 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