According to Tom Loftus of The Courier-Journal, Gov. Matt Bevin's proposed budget bill, House Bill 200, was posted on the Legislative Research Commission website late Tuesday night. And that bill includes a list of the 70 state programs that would get "no state funds" for the next two years in Bevin's proposed budget.
Loftus found these items of interest Education programs are among those programs not funded, including the textbooks and professional development for teachers programs in the Department of Education. Also, several health programs initiated by past legislatures would get no money. Among other programs not funded in the Bevin proposal are the Bluegrass State Games and the Commission on Women.
In Logan County, some programs that would not be funded of local importance include:
Farmer's Market Senior Program in Department of Agriculture (which makes buying fruits and vegetables possible for the elderly with limited incomes), ARC of Kentucky (group that supports people with intellectual and developmental disabilities which has been especially active in Logan County for decades)), the Trover Clinic of Madisonville (which is used by several North Logan residents), Minority Student College Preparation (which has been greatly utilized by Russellville Independent Schools), Adult Agriculture at the Community and Technical College System such as SKYCTC (a position held many years by Dwight Grise and now by Lance Lockhart), County Fair Grants in Department of Agriculture (at the time the Logan County Fair is experiencing a rebirth), Conservation Districts Local Aid (Logan is the only county in the state with two conservation districts), Kentucky Mesonet at Western Kentucky University (which has a Logan station and is used daily by WRUS); and Libraries—Direct Local Aid Non-Construction Aid (the Logan County Public Library supplies a variety of helpful programs to the community.
Bevin’s budget is just a proposal which will be debated and amended before it becomes law, but both houses of the General Assembly are controlled by Bevin’s Republican Party, many of whom ran on platforms to reduce government spending, seemingly without regard to whom it affects negatively.
Generally, however, when voters who want to reduce government spending find that programs to be curtailed/eliminated will directly affect them adversely, they start talking to their representatives with a different agenda in mind when idealism confronts reality.
Stay tuned.
Here's Loftus’ list:
Health programs:
*ARC of Kentucky (Supports people with intellectual/developmental disabilities)
*Kentucky Lung Cancer Education Awareness Detection Survivorship Collaborative
*Norton Kosair Children's Hospital Poison Control Center
*Kentucky Colon Cancer Screening Program
*Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program
*Madison County Early Intervention Services
*Trover Clinic
Programs within the Council on Postsecondary Education:
*Lung Cancer Research
*Washington D.C. Internships
*Professional Education Preparation
*Minority Student College Preparation
*Autism Training Center
*Southern Regional Education Board Doctoral Scholars
Programs at the University of Kentucky:
*University Press
*Kentucky Transportation Center
*Center for Entrepreneurship
*Agriculture Public Service
*Hospital Direct Support
*Mining Engineering Scholarships
*Robinson Scholars
Programs at other higher education institutions:
*Community Operations Board at Eastern Kentucky University
*Adult Agriculture at the Community and Technical College System
*Kentucky Coal Academy at the Community and Technical College System
*Kentucky Folk Art Center at Morehead State University
*Kentucky Center for Mathematics at Northern Kentucky University
*Kentucky Mesonet at Western Kentucky University
Programs of the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority:
*Go Higher
*Work Study scholarships
*Teacher Scholarships
*Early Childhood Development scholarships
Programs within the Department of Education's "Learning and Results Services" program:
*Instructional Resources (textbooks)
*Professional Development program
*Appalachian Learning Disabled Tutoring Program
*Commonwealth School Improvement Fund
*Community Education program
*Collaborative Center for Literacy Development
*Georgia Chafee Teenage Parent Program
*Leadership and Mentor Fund
*Middle School Academic Center
*Teacher's Professional Growth Fund
*Teacher Academies Program
*Teacher Recruitment and Retention Program - Educator Quality and Diversity
*Virtual Learning Program
*Writing Program
*Lexington Hearing and Speech Center
*Heuser Hearing and Language Academy
*Teach for America
Other education programs:
*Libraries, Direct Local Aid Non-Construction Aid
*Kentucky Teacher Internships within the Education Professional Standards Board
*Kentucky Legal Education Opportunity Fund
*School Technology in coal counties
*Coal County College Completion Scholarship Program
Other programs throughout state government:
*County Fair Grants in Department of Agriculture
*Farmer's Market Senior Program in Department of Agriculture
*Family Medical Residency in Owensboro
*State Planning Fund in state budget office
*Area Development Fund in Department for Local Government
*Conservation Districts Local Aid
*State Tree Nurseries
*Environmental Education Council
*Sheriff's Expense Allowance
*Commission on Women
*Access to Justice
*Life Safety or Closed Jails
*Local Jailers Allowance
*Whitehaven Welcome Center
*Bluegrass State Games
*Frankfort cafeterias operated by Department of Parks
*Insurance subsidy program within Personnel Cabinet
*Arts Council Marketing program
Source: The Courier-Journal