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Budget to get final vote today
Submitted by bniolet on 2009-08-05 08:31
* The House and Senate approved the budget along strict party lines Tuesday.
The $19 billion spending plan is set to get its final votes in both chambers today. The compromise reached by Democrats requires local school districts to take the hatchet to education spending.
Local school districts have waited all summer for a state budget, but now, just three weeks before most schools open, they have to make $225 million in cuts themselves.
The budget prohibits the state from changing class size limits in kindergarten through third grades but tells districts to make the cuts and do the best they can in higher grades. That's probably going to mean bigger classes for the older students.
"They're passing the buck," said Anne Medenblik, Orange County school board chairwoman. She called the budget process mismanaged, with schools starting in a few weeks and no spending decision in place. By the time the district finds out how much money it will lose, she said, schools will face laying off teachers who have reported for work. (N&O)
* The Senate will approve another $2 billion for the popular "cash for clunkers" program, probably by the end of the week, Democrats predicted.
Some GOP lawmakers threatened on Monday to let the program expire. But many of the opponents were hit with a political reality: many consumers and auto dealers love the program. (McClatchy)
* Sara Coleman, owner of the Cupcake Shoppe in Glenwood South, is still enjoying buzz from her presidential endorsement. Coleman, who introduced President Barack Obama in his visit to Raleigh last week, had planned to send Obama some cupcakes, but she learned that the food items have to go through an awful lot of security including a taster. (.biz)
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