Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Teachers Will Be Sick Over the Cuts in Education

I'm already sick and I've only skimmed through the Kasich budget plan for education.  Plunderbund had posted this information from Scribd:

Page D-190:
..................Program.....................Amount of Funding Lost.............
Violence Prevention and School Safety:   100%
Neglected and Delinquent Education:   100%
Drug Free Schools:   88%


Page D-192:
..................Program..................Amount of Funding Lost.............
Reading First:     100%


Page D-194:
..................Program..................Amount of Funding Lost.............
Migrant Education:  3%
Homeless Children Education:  25.8%
Rural and Low Income Technical Assistance:  25%


This is a very small snapshot of where the cuts are in the education budget.  Do you see a pattern? I know that most public school teachers will notice it immediately.  The few examples that I've provided are programs that help at-risk and disadvantaged students.  Reading First, one of the most incredible reading programs for children in K-3 will be completely unfunded. This is just plain disgusting.

While Kasich and his cronies keep their promises to their wealthy contributors, the children who need the most help will be left without the programs that assist their learning.


Cleveland.com has this about health care in Ohio:

...The elderly could also benefit as Kasich plans to shift money from nursing homes to programs supporting home-based care options....


....Nursing homes are particularly hard hit in this budget and separately, the children’s hospitals across the state, including one in Akron, would lose $33 million supplemental payment earmarked for them in an earlier budget. The cut to nursing homes would be 7 percent over the current budget, according to Moody.....

....Kasich "today released what he calls the 'Jobs Budget.' But for Ohio's elderly and disabled it's the 'Care Cutting Budget,'" said Peter Van Runkle, executive director of the Ohio Health Care Association, the state's largest nursing home lobbying group. "Make no mistake, the governor's budget threatens the quality of care for the most vulnerable among us."....


I don't see Kasich health plan of any benefit.  Those of us who have elderly parents in care facilities because of their problems with dementia, chronic diseases, are being asked to care for our parents at home?  How is that even remotely possible if they require special care and assistance that we cannot provide?  Will the children of elderly parents have to quit their jobs to provide home health care?