The Governor's proposed deficit mitigation plan for Fiscal Year 2010 (released 11/24/09) targets children: $73.96 million of the proposed cuts are to education, child care, health care and other basic state services children need. The plan proposes an additional $47.88 million in cuts to municipalities' K-12 education funding. A total of $121.84 million in cuts would negatively affect children—who are not only the most vulnerable among us, but also our future workforce and taxpayers. Thus, 36% of the $337.1 million in cuts proposed by the Governor directly target services for children.

This brief summarizes and lists specific proposed cuts by categories, including child care, health, education, and family supports. (December 2009)

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