Good Analysis of Corbett's Pennsylvania 2012-13 Budget Cuts by a Think Tank [View all]

[JPZenger]

http://pennbpc.org/2012-13-state-budget

Great analysis of Corbett's proposed budget by the PA. Budget and Policy Center think-tank

Highlights:

The Dept. of Public Welfare is proposed to see a cut of "$629 million: $319 million in reductions to General Assistance, $168 million in cuts to Human Service Development Fund programs and $59 million in provider reimbursements."

The budget assumes continued cuts in the Capital Stock and Franchise Tax rate, which will drain close to $250 million in revenue.

The budget lets stand $840 million in cuts to school districts that were made last year, "which had a disproportionate impact on poorer school districts and have left at least a dozen in extreme financial distress."

The Accountability Block Grant Program would be eliminated, which is a $100 million reduction from last year. Those grants were mainly used to fund full-day kindergarten and reduce class sizes.

Public libraries would be cut by another 5%, on top of several years of previous severe cuts.

If the college cuts would be approved, the total 2 year funding cut would be 34% for state-owned universities, 51%for Penn State, 44% for Pitt and 43% for Temple.

The Dept. of Environmental Protection would have its funding cut by 43% from the 2007-8 budget.

The Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources (which includes state parks) general fund would have its funding cut by 55% from the 2007-8 budget.

The following photo of Mr. and Mrs. Corbett is definitely not photo-shopped (it is from Halloween).i



"I vant to suck your school funding"