Post by Logan on Jun 9, 2016 3:54:25 GMT -6
West Virginia’s Senate Finance Committee chairman said all previously proposed cuts to education programs in the state’s 20 adult jails and state prisons were removed from the budget bill Thursday before the Legislature passed it that night.
That meant the employees who received notices of possible layoffs from the state Department of Education could have breathed easier had Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said he was going to sign the 2016-17 fiscal year budget bill. The education department said the originally proposed $4 million cut would result in layoffs for all 53 teachers and principals and eight support workers that staff the programs.
Department policy requires 30 days notification before layoffs.
The governor has instead pledged to veto the bill largely over the amount of money it takes from Rainy Day funds, but Senate Finance Chairman Mike Hall, R-Putnam, said he wants to keep the adult inmate education programs fully funded in any new budget lawmakers may have to create.
“This is one that at this point I believe should stay in place,” Hall said. “Until some other information is brought forward to prove otherwise.”
- See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news-education/20160605/legislators-return-prison-education-funds-to-budget
That meant the employees who received notices of possible layoffs from the state Department of Education could have breathed easier had Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said he was going to sign the 2016-17 fiscal year budget bill. The education department said the originally proposed $4 million cut would result in layoffs for all 53 teachers and principals and eight support workers that staff the programs.
Department policy requires 30 days notification before layoffs.
The governor has instead pledged to veto the bill largely over the amount of money it takes from Rainy Day funds, but Senate Finance Chairman Mike Hall, R-Putnam, said he wants to keep the adult inmate education programs fully funded in any new budget lawmakers may have to create.
“This is one that at this point I believe should stay in place,” Hall said. “Until some other information is brought forward to prove otherwise.”
- See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news-education/20160605/legislators-return-prison-education-funds-to-budget