Out of the budget: Lots of stuff

The word "eliminate" (as opposed to "reduce") shows up 65 times in the governor's 2010 amended budget and another 104 times in his 2011 budget. Most of those instances are job reductions, a couple of filled positions gone here, a few more unfilled ones there.

But some programs are also gone. I'll list them here, with very little context. These are not the biggest number cuts, but the elimination of various programs. Make sure you check out the cuts at the bottom. A lot of scholarship programs would die.

For fiscal 2010:

Judicial Council:
- eliminate Children, Marriage and Family Law. (54,582)
- eliminate funds to administer the bar examination by moving to a self-sufficient fee per HB 283 (211,000)
Dept. of Community Health:
- eliminate consultant contracts with Nichols Cauley for services related to the health and human services agencies restructuring. (760,000)
Dept. of Defense:
5. Eliminate one platoon (approximately 40-50 students) at each academy. (369,744)
Georgia Forestry Commission:
5. Eliminate 12 filled fire control positions. (355,208)
Georgia Bureau of Investigation:
5. Eliminate 38 vacant positions. (1,516,100)
Dept. of Juvenile Justice:
5. Streamline service delivery and eliminate 25 full-time positions and 4 part-time positions. (1,235,410)
5. Streamline service delivery and eliminate 15 positions. (778,618)
Dept. of Labor:
- eliminate 49 vacant positions
Dept. of Natural Resources:
5. Streamline service delivery and eliminate 15 positions. (778,618)
8. Eliminate contract funds for Clean Cities ($10,000) and the Clean Air Campaign ($620,000).
Solid Waste Trust Fund: Eliminate operating funds. ($1,407,138) (editor's note: it comes bacin in 2011, albeit with a cut).
Georgia Student Finance Commission:
1. Eliminate the Guaranteed Educational Loans program. ($3,160,883)

Fiscal Year 2011

Judicial Council:
Eliminate funds to administer the bar examination by moving to a self-sufficient fee per HB 283 (211,000)
Dept. of Community Affairs:
3. Eliminate funds for the Georgia Rural Water Association. (321,750)
Dept. of Corrections:
5. Annualize closure of Scott State Prison (1,748 beds). (10,133,835)
6. Annualize closure of Bostick State Prison (694 beds). (7,265,880)
7. Realize savings from the closure of Montgomery State Prison (384 beds) in August 2010. (4,683,505)
8. Realize savings from the closure of Men's State Prison (662 beds) in January 2011. (3,979,134)
Dept. of Economic Development:
Eliminate contract funds for the Georgia Humanities Council. (139,050)
8. Eliminate contract funds for the Georgia Historical Society. (60,000)
9. Eliminate contract funds for the Historical Marker program with the Georgia Historical Society. (30,000)
10. Reduce grants for local welcome centers. (160,000)
1. Eliminate funds for the Georgia Medical Center Authority. ($300,000)
Department of Education:
1. Eliminate funding for the Georgia Youth Science and Technology Center. ($250,000)
1. Eliminate funding for the Education Technology Centers (ETCs). ($3,571,841)
1. Eliminate funding for National Board Certification. ($7,209,486)
1. Eliminate funding for the National Science Center and Foundation. ($500,000)
1. Eliminate funding for RESAs. ($12,093,399)
Georgia Forestry Commission:
6. Eliminate 12 filled fire control positions. (421,030)
Dept. of Juvenile Justice:
3. Streamline service delivery and eliminate 25 full-time positions and 4 part-time positions. (1,713,271)
2. Streamline service delivery and eliminate 15 positions. (987,105)
Dept. of Labor:
5. Eliminate funds for the Georgia Council on the Hearing Impaired (Hinesville Location). (127,000)
Dept. of Natural Resources:
5. Eliminate funds for the Georgia Council on the Hearing Impaired (Hinesville Location). (127,000)
3. Eliminate contract funds for Clean Cities ($10,000), the Clean Air Campaign ($620,000) and environmental monitoring ($100,000).
1. Eliminate funds to the Agrirama Development Authority to reflect the transfer of operations to Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. ($775,248)
1. Eliminate funds for the Lake Allatoona Preservation Authority. ($75,000)
1. Eliminate funds for the Southwest Georgia Railroad Excursion Authority. ($211,595)
Dept. of Public Safety:
7. Eliminate contract funds with the Fulton regional police academy. (271,952)
Board of Regents:
1. Reduce funding for personal services and operating expenses ($835,812) and eliminate funding for seed capital fund ($2,500,000).($3,335,812)
2. Eliminate funding for the Vidalia Onion Research Project. (200,000)
2. Eliminate funding for the Food Industry Partnership program. (1,500,000)
4. Eliminate funding for the Traditional Industries Program. (1,593,654)
5. Eliminate funding for the Vaccine Collaboration Grants initiative in the Georgia Research Alliance program. (1,600,000)
6. Eliminate funding for the Bio-Refinery program. (200,000)
Dept. of Revenue:
3. Eliminate one-time funds associated with the Data Warehouse project. (3,703,000)
5. Eliminate funds for software maintenance contracts. (470,000)
Georgia Student Finance Commission:
1. Eliminate the Engineer Scholarship program. ($710,000) (Mercer University in Macon)
1. Eliminate the Guaranteed Educational Loans program. ($3,189,883) (Provides forgivable loans to students enrolled in critical fields of study, which include programs such as nursing, physical therapy, and pharmacy.)
1. Eliminate the Promise Scholarship program. ($5,855,278) (provides forgivable loans to students in their junior and senior year who aspire to be teachers in Georgia public schools.)
1. Eliminate the Teacher Scholarship program. ($5,332,698) (Provides forgivable loans to teachers seeking advanced education degrees in fields of study with critical shortages)
1. Eliminate the Tuition Equalization Grant program. ($29,765,194) (Promotes the private segment of higher education in Georgia by providing non-repayable grant aid to Georgia residents who attend eligible private postsecondary institutions.)