What we're giving this year instead of Christmas presents.

[DBP]

Department of Early Learning

¶ Reduce seasonal child care administration – $2.1 million

Eliminates state funding through nonprofits to administer child care subsidies for seasonal agricultural workers. Maintains federal funds, which may not be used for undocumented children of season workers.

¶ Eliminate state funding for Child Care Resource and Referral program – $1.3 million

Terminates state funding to provide child care resource information to parents. As federal funds are the predominant funding source, the state cut reduces services by 11 percent.

¶ Reduce administration – $950,000

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To be continued.

Source: Proposed 2012 Supplemental Budget Highlights

Office of the Governor

November 2011

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[DBP]

Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction

¶ Delay June 30, 2013, apportionment payment to July 1, 2013 – $340.0 million.

Extra day moves payment to the next biennium.

 

¶ Reduce levy equalization payments – $151.9 million

Cuts equalization funds to eligible districts.

 

¶ Reduce the kindergarten-through-12th grade school year by four days – $99.2 million *

Shrinks the school year from 180 days to 176 days. This results in a reduction in annual salaries for school employees, by an equivalent of 2.2 percent, beginning in the 2012–13 school year.

 

¶ Shift bus depreciation payment from October to August – $49.0 million

Delays state payments to school districts for bus replacement by 10 months.

 

¶ Eliminate or reduce small grants and projects – $8.8 million

Terminates a number of [student achievement-oriented] grants and projects . . . principal and superintendent internships, career and technical education start-up grants, STEM Lighthouses and nonviolence training.

 

¶ Reduce national board certification bonuses – $8.6 million

Cuts annual bonuses from $5,000 to $4,000 for 5,800 teachers certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, including additional bonuses for board-certified teachers working in challenging schools.

 

¶ Revise state attendance policy – $6.5 million

Changes policy that considers a student withdrawn after he/she is absent unexcused for 20 consecutive days. Five, not 20 days will more accurately account for students who have dropped out of school and for whom the state continues to provide funding to the school district. Adds a school district enrollment count for June.

 

¶ Reduce staffing for small high schools – $4.4 million

Shrinks staffing formula for high schools serving fewer than 300 full-time students from a minimum of nine full-time teachers to a minimum of eight.

 

¶ Reduce administration by 10 percent – $600,000

 

 

*Indicates cut the Governor proposes to prevent with new income.

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[JoB]

this breaks my heart too much to be able to make a reasonable reply :(

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[Julie]

Our generosity knows no bounds…. :(

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[2 Much Whine]

I think I just found an instance when it is ok to use the word “retarded” without getting scolded. Unfortunately this will get far fewer comments and generate far less outrage than a fish and chip place losing their lease. . . . .

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[JanS]

I thank DBP for posting this here. It really brings home the fact that for a lot of people, this is terrible news.But for a lot of people HERE, it is something happening to someone else, so…it doesn’t have that import….and that’s a very sad thing, because it affects us all.

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[DBP]

School for the Blind and Center for Childhood Deafness and Hearing Loss

¶ Reduce state support for the school and the center by 5 percent – $693,000

Cuts administrative support and services for 65 students served by the School for the Blind and 115 served by the Center for Childhood Deafness and Hearing Loss.

 

Higher Education  

¶ Reduce state support to colleges and universities – $160.1 million *

Cuts support to the six public colleges and universities, and 34 community and technical colleges in the second year of the biennium.

Support is reduced by: 17 percent at the University of Washington, Washington State University and Western Washington University; 16 percent at Eastern Washington University, Central Washington University and The Evergreen State College; and 13 percent at the community and technical colleges.

 

¶ Suspend State Work Study program – $8.1 million

Cuts state aid to 7,600 students at public and private colleges and universities beginning fall term 2012. Federally funded Work Study is not affected.

 

 

* Indicates cut the Governmor proposes to prevent with new revenue [e.g. sales tax increase].

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[JanS]

and people will balk at that temporary sales tax increase. They don’t like the cuts, but heaven forbid we raise the sales tax even temporarily. They just expect the revenue needed to keep these things running to grow on trees…

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[DBP]

A sales tax increase will affect poor and middle-income citizens more than wealthy ones. It will affect every Washingtonian, including everyone who voted “No” to a state income tax on the theory that if they didn’t defend rich people the government would come for them next.

OK, anti-tax voters . . .

You defended the rich, just like the Seattle Times and the Chamber of Commerce told you to. But now it seems that “the government” is coming for you anyway.

—They’re coming for your social programs.

—They’re coming for your parks, your schools, your colleges.

—They’re throwing open the prison doors, shutting down the treatment programs, pulling cops off the streets, laying off fire fighters.

—They’re coming for you at every business transaction and every cash register in the state.

So I have a question for you, anti-tax voters . . .

        Where are those rich folks you defended now?

 

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[Julie]

Oh, but DBP, isn’t it enough just to have kept them from fleeing the state in horror at the prospect of having to pay ::shudder:: TAXES? Even if we can’t actually see them in their gated communities, we know they’re there…doesn’t it give you a warm and fuzzy feeling?

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[JanS]

DBP…being in the low income category, I’m torn here. If an extra temporary not even 1% tacked onto sales tax would save some of these programs, I can deal with it. So, while it might affected me more than the person making $100k per year, I suppose it’s the small price that I can pay for maybe helping me and others in the long run?

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[kootchman]

The state spends more than it collects. Budget accordingly. If these are the governors hand picked targets, she is in the tradition of Ron SIms… threaten to do the most grievous things before we look at things like the state aircraft fleet?. If ALL the citizens want these programs, then ALL the citizens will vote for the increased sales tax. Maybe we should try to stop our downward slide as a “favorable” place to do business? Index state employees to the general populace. We have all seen our average incomes drop the last three years… bet the salaries of the public employees haven’t gone down..eh? Sorry, we adjusted our budgets accordingly, the state can do the same.

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[JanS]

you know what, Kootch? It’s sad, the whole thing…so, so sorry you’re so damned selfish that you just want to keep everything for yourself. You and your beliefs are not what this country is about. The world does not revolve around business…and sometimes we can just feel bad about these things, and not bring partisan political beliefs into it. It’s tough all around. Those state workers? If you look in the database, and compare 2007 salaries to 2010 salaries, some went up, some went down..and they have taken pay cuts, and they are furloughed days during the year. You would like to see more…yet you still support the tax breaks for all those rich guys, don’t you..you know…those “job creators”…

Have you complained to the Governor about the aircraft fleet? You’re good at complaining, so I thought I’d ask. Constructive suggestions are always welcome..

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[JanS]

and , Kootch…to be fair…here’s the salary breakdown for WA State elected officials from 1987 to 2102…

while you may think they are paid too much, please not that their salaries have not increased since before 2009 and will not increase next year.

http://www.salaries.wa.gov/Salaryschedule19872005.htm

http://www.salaries.wa.gov/salary.htm

please note that the WA state constitution prevents the salaries of elected officials to be reduced..

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[JanS]

and from an article there is this :

“In Washington, a hiring freeze imposed by the governor in August 2008 caused the state’s workforce to decline by more than 1,400. In January 2009 the state replaced the freeze with a cap on the number of budgeted positions at each state agency; the state’s workforce is expected to fall by another 2,600 under the cap.”

link to article…( not finding anything more recent)

http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=1214

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[JanS]

more numbers…

http://www.eoionline.org/state_economy/fact_sheets/public-employee-compensation-mar11.pdf

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[JanS]

now…what were you saying, Kootch?

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[kootchman]

Please Jan… a labor union front piece, it not even amusing..never ask me to cite again if that is the extent of your research, a . I mean a CUT in pay. Not a preservation of the status quo. I want to see the state cut 14%, the actual unemployment rate of the private sector. And you ignore the most telling statistic… how much PRODUCTIVITY the private sector worker delivers… not how much they cost. I will gladly pay a PhD in the private sector a 600K salary IF they are generating 120M in revenues.

In 2006 there were 62,516 employees, 2008 Gregoire went on her hire binge…66,714… today 2010, …63,874.. hardly proportional to the loss of jobs and income of the private sector. They would have to shed another 8,000 jobs at least to make the same sacrifice. reflective of the fact that 75% of all state workers are employed in 5 counties, of which 4 are solidly Democratic.

When revenues are off.and you can’t meet expenses. you have to cut. Ask any businessperson.

http://www.dop.wa.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Publications/2010StateWorkforceReport.pdf

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[JanS]

do you have nothing but a bottom line in your life? Look up salaries…and see if there are pay cuts. I looked. There is a site that lists state employees by name, and you can compare salaries for each one from 2007 and 2009 and 2010…and I’m betting 2011 will be out shortly. I am not going to go employee to employee to tell you what the differences are…as I said ..some went down, some stayed the same, some increased (and sometimes one hopes to get a raise in one’s job, no? even in the public sector?) And…public sector pay for the most part is not equal to the same private sector pay, most times it’s lower. I am not talking union here. I never mentioned union.And turnover? From your link there is this “.

State Workforce Turnover

Turnover due to layoff doubled in FY

2010. In FY 2010, 479 people were

separated as a result of layoff from state

service, compared to 275 people in FY

2009. Voluntary resignations continued

to be fewer than the rate seen prior to

budget and hiring restrictions. ” But I will tell you what, Kootch. It’s Christmas, it’s a difficult holiday for many people. And I just gave myself a present…you’re dismissed :D. Merry Christmas, dude !

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[JanS]

DBP…my apologies…I didn’t mean to get into any of this with you-know-who…so sorry. I’m done.

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[JoB]

Kootch…

your analogy suffers…

we don’t pay our public service employees to generate revenues..

we pay them to generate services…

what you are saying essentially is that unless some company’s bottom line benefits, wages are a waste of taxpayer money.

We have a fundamental disagreement on this one.

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[Julie]

No, no….Mr. Kootchman says if we lay off more people, there will be less unemployment. Magically.

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[DBP]

Children’s Administration

¶ Reduce use and rates of contracted services – $12.6 million

Cuts the number of placements in group homes and reduces fees paid to child placement agencies.

 

¶ Increase client-to-social worker ratio – $8.6 million

Changes the average ratio of social worker to children from 1:17 to 1:20. Affects only those social workers, associated supervisors and support staff employed in child welfare. Does not reduce the number or ratio of social workers in Child Protective Services.

 

¶ Eliminate child welfare programs – $6.9 million

Terminates specialized child welfare programs such as receiving care centers, foster care assessment, continuum of care, sex abuse recognition training, children’s advocacy centers, adoption support recruitment and street youth. Eliminates state funding for educational coordinators. Approximately 5,700 children receive these services annually.

 

¶ Reduce selected services – $4.6 million

Reduces the Pediatric Interim Care Center, foster parent child care and support services, receiving care services, evaluation and treatment, sexually aggressive youth services, family preservation training and the Responsible Living Skills program for adolescents.

 

¶ Eliminate family reconciliation services – $4.5 million

Stops intake and referral services aimed at keeping families intact and promoting positive behaviors for about 525 families who seek assistance each year.

 

¶ Reduce foster care length-of-stay – $885,000

Shortens the length of stay for 200 hard-to-place foster children through the use of permanency roundtable teams, which coordinate social workers, community professionals and family members to find permanent placements.

 

¶ Reduce state funds for domestic violence programs by 10 percent – $870,000

Cuts funds for domestic violence shelters that serve about 16,700 individuals annually.

 

   

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Sorry to be such a downer, folks. Hope to be done with this list by Christmas.

If not, I’ll take the day off . . .

—DBP

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[angelescrest]

It is a crisis. Those of us on the front lines know. Definitely we need to add a penny or two of tax more to keep those programs listed above in place. If you disagree, the absolute desperation of many of our citizens has alluded you…and, perhaps you consider yourself lucky or “non-involved”. It is quite desperate, even before the cuts. Ask a public school teacher, a social worker, a hospital ER employee…or visit a shelter or an “encampment”.

I shudder to read your postings, DBP, though I thank you for putting out the somber realities. Ugh.

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[JanS]

angelescrest. I’m sure that Kootchman will have some sort of retort, perhaps saying something about “Obamacare”, knocking Obama,knocking the way Cristine Gregoire has run things, decrying the public employees who don’t do anything and take money home hand over fist. In reality, we know what’s really true. We live it,not getting our info from right wing talking points…sigh..

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