<p>The link and comments below are about Virginia’s 2010 four billion dollar budget deficit which our legislators are huddling about. Governor McDonnell continues, according to the AP writer, to push for increases for higher education funds or at least restore the deep cut proposals ex-Gov Kaine proposed in his outgoing budget. This would be in line with what I posted above (“l” and “k”), marked by an X as affirmative. Still challenges ahead as K-12 funding support is crucial to keep the cogs of the educational wheel moving.</p>
<p>Analysis: McDonnell keeps fingerprints off budget cuts </p>
<p>Feb 14, 2010 AP Political Writer Bob Lewis</p>
<p>"It’s not as if McDonnell doesn’t know what he wants to do. During his interview with the AP he broadly outlined his proposals.</p>
<p>He has asked legislators to trim about $700 million the next two years from state support for public schools from kindergarten through high school, and generate the same amount in savings from a less generous public employee retirement system.</p>
<p>He aims to cut about $300 million in funding for health and human resources. The rest of the cuts will come from cutting the size of state agencies, including jobs.</p>
<p>McDonnell also wants to bolster funding for higher education and law enforcement from the deep cuts Democratic Gov. Timothy M. Kaine prescribed in the budget he submitted in December."</p>
<p>[Analysis:</a> McDonnell keeps fingerprints off budget cuts - wtop.com](<a href=“http://www.wtop.com/?nid=600&sid=1888681]Analysis:”>WTOP | Washington’s Top News | DC, MD & VA News, Traffic & Weather)</p>