Deep Cuts In Education Spending

Alabama Senate Alabama legislators agree that huge cuts are needed in education spending but many disagree on how to do it.
by Associated Press
Published: Sat, January 24, 2009 - 2:05 pm CST Last Updated: Sat, January 24, 2009 - 2:28 pm CST
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama legislators expect to make deep
cuts in education spending for the next school year, but an
Associated Press survey of lawmakers found sharp differences
between the House and Senate about how to do it.
In the House, 41 percent of those surveyed favor cutting K-12
schools less than two-year colleges and four-year universities.
Only 13 percent of the Senate felt that way.
In the Senate, 50 percent of those surveyed supported reducing
all levels of education equally. Only 30 percent of the House
shared that opinion.
The other legislators had other views or were undecided.
The Legislature convenes Feb. 3. Legislative fiscal experts are
warning that public schools and colleges face a second-straight
year of budget cuts.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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aubie222 Says:
Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 7:14 pm

If you’ve seen Riley’s budget for the 2009-2010 school year, he did quite a few cuts!  He’s cutting the teachers but adding more money to the programs such as AMSTI.  I’d like to know who he thinks will teach these programs with the teachers gone!  Class sizes will go up, nurses, textbook funds, library funds, technology funds and more all cut!  How can he cut all this but add more money to programs!  What a joke!

carl
carl Says:
Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 1:17 pm

Framkly you should really go talk to the man over at Perdido vineyards.He can give you an ear full about the state being in the alcohol business.It’ll get your blood pressure up and get a few chuckles at the same time.

framkly Says:
Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 11:35 am

Trash the ABC board and it’s enforcement division. The money saved would fund our schools. The ABC board is the biggest waste in the history of our state. Also, buying alcohol from the state is socialism.

carl
carl Says:
Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 8:52 am

I believe the 2 year and 4 year universities could help them selves quite a bit by giving reductions in pay to all their staffs,tenured or non-tenured.The k thru 12 teachers aren’t even close to what the universities pay and the k thru 12 teachers usually end up buying a lot of supplies for their students out of their own money.Let’s start at the top down for a change and not from the bottom up.

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