JFC Cuts Markell’s Bloated Education Budget for Bureaucrats

JFC Cuts Markell’s Bloated Education Budget for Bureaucrats

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Some real good news to start the Memorial Day weekend. Some of the cuts were to positions that had previously been funded by Race To The Top but are now transitioning to the state. They actually cut $3.75 mill in bloat:
The Joint Finance Committee voted to eliminate 10 controversial, high-paid positions in the Department of Education to find more than $1.5 million in savings as they continued to mark up Markell's $3.9 billion budget proposal. Lawmakers on the budget-writing committee also reduced funding for additional education initiatives, including teacher preparation programs, data analysis and recruitment efforts.
They almost did even more, as a proposal to cut an additional $2 mill in "additional funding related to Race to the Top failed by a 7-5 vote."
Friday Open Thread [5.22.15]

Friday Open Thread [5.22.15]

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For the first time since polling began in 1999, Gallup found that there are more social liberals in the United States than social conservatives. Gallup reported that the number of respondents who called themselves social liberals has increased to 31%, while the number of self-identified social conservatives has fallen to 30%. The number of Democrats who refer to themselves as social liberals jumped from 47% in 2014 to 53% in 2015. The number of Republicans who call themselves socially conservative has declined from 60% in 2014 to 53% in 2015.