Gov. McDonnell’s Proposed Budget Cuts

Highlights of Gov. Bob McDonnell's proposed budget cuts and spending announced Wednesday, grouped by area of the budget and by cost. (Figures rounded to the nearest million):

Public Education

$225 million from restoring base funding for public schools to 2008 level.
$130 million cut from support for supplemental salaries such as coaches and department chairs.
$92 million from eliminating Lottery support for some education programs.
$32 million cut for lease and rental support.
$30 million in travel funding cut.
$19 million saved by extending the useful life of school buses from 12 years to 15.

Public Safety

$6 million in reductions to judicial system operating costs.
$1.3 million in cuts to court-appointed attorney waiver program.
$4.7 million in cuts for inmate medical costs.

Employee Compensation

$180 million from five furloughs annually for state employees except essential public safety personnel.
$611 million in retirement system savings, particularly requiring new hires to pay part of their retirement plan contributions.
$82 million spent to give employees a 3 percent bonus in December 2011.
$115 million spent to relieve current state workers from the burden of paying part of their own retirement.

Health and Human Resources

$63 million in cuts to consumer-directed Medicaid services.
$53 million saved by tightening eligibility for Medicaid long term care.
$34 million cut by freezing enrollment in FAMIS, a government-subsidized children's health insurance program.
$28 million in cuts to Medicaid provider reimbursements.
$11 million from eliminating a one-time expansion in spending for Temporary Aid to Needy Families.
$9 million earned from selling the Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents, an acute care mental health center.
$5 million in cuts to local Social Services Department offices.
$5 million from cutting adult components of the state general relief program.
$4 million from reducing funding for the unemployed parents cash assistance program.
$2 million cut for dental services.
$2 million cut to the Virginia Health Care Foundation.
$2 million cut from child advocacy centers.
$2 million cut by eliminating general fund support for local domestic violence grants.
$2 million in cuts to the Virginia Association of Free Clinics.
$1 million in cuts to the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative.