Rainy Day Fund will be used

[TT Dave]

I'm okay with using the Rainy Day fund for now, however, that's certainly a temporary measure. Some very hard choices are going to have to me made in terms of funding cuts and finding new tax revenue sources for the long-term.

[Montirob]

Originally Posted by mm57553

I was totally against using the Rainy Day Fund. Schools need to make cuts. It can be done, and it needs to start with administration. There is no reason for schools to have an assistant principal for EACH GRADE. THings like that is insane.

The rainy day fund is there for emergencies, not to bail out agencies after they make years of bad financial decisions. What happens if the coast is hit by a major hurricane?

I agree that some cuts can be made, but the amount being asked to cut is far beyond reason. Even if you cut every administrator, thousands of teachers would still have to be fired. What I want to see from the legislators and Perry is a practical plan - not just the "be more efficient" rhetoric. The districts' budgets are public record, so where should the cuts be made. Be specific.

As far as the "rainy day fund," it has only been in existance a relatively short time. We made due without it during natural disasters in the 1970's and '80's. It has also been tapped multiple times during Perry's tenure, so to not use it for education $ during the worst downturn since the Great Depression seems spiteful to me. Besides, it was his disastrous 2006 tax "cut" that caused a big part of the problem.

[RedJacket]

Everything's bigger in Texas! Especially the relative size of the hole in the 2010 budget shortfall plugged by Federal money requested by the Governor who campaigned against it.

Perry really has a problem telling the truth -- about anything. I guess that makes him just another typical politician.