Accomplishments of the Ehrlich-Steel Administration information sheet, 2006

ACCOM PUSH M ENTS of the EHRLICH-STEELE ADMINISTRATION FISCAL HEALTH & RESPONSIBILITY EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT PUBLIC SAFETY _ _ COMMERCE a Closed $4 Billion Structural Deficit И Produced $2.3 Billion Surplus over 3 years 0 Defeated $7.5 Billion in New Taxes a Reduced State Personnel by 7% В Protected Triple A Bond Rating a Nearly tripled the Rainy Day Fund to a $1.4 billion balance a Grants Czar to Maximize Federal Dollars a Property Tax Relief a Record Increase in K- 12 Funding ($1.4 billion) a Doubled Need- based College Scholarships a Record Public School Construction ($845m for 600 projects) a Additional $500 million for school construction ($750 - $1.25 billion for FY 2008-2012) a 23 New Charter Schools a Massive New Construction At Colleges & Universities 3 HBCU Priority Funding & Debt Relief a Improved Reading and Math Maryland Assessment a Tuition Freeze a Chesapeake 3 $151 Million for Bay Drug Restoration Act Treatment a Menhaden Agreement with Virginia a Cover Crops Expansion a Clean Air Rules (3P 8t4P) a Preserved 60,000 Acres of land a Expanded Drug Courts a Project RESTART a Faith & Community- Initiatives a Witness Protection Act a Corsica River Pilot Program a Brownfields Reform a Nutrient Management a Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention a Department of Disabilities a Paratransit Reform a Small Group Reform a Community- based Clinics (FQHCs) (Health Care & Prescription Drugs) a Primary Adult Care Waiver a Established "Office for Children: and Children's Cabinet a Fully Funded Medicaid Buy- in Program ($10. 6m) a Created Regenerative Research Fund (Stem Cells) a Youth Driving Initiatives a Expanded Education & Mental Health Services for Juvenile Offenders a Office of Homeland Security a 24/7 Intelligence Coordination and Analysis Center (MCAC) a Retired Police Officers Right to Carry a Began Staged Closure of Hickey School a Teen Sober Driving Package a Correctional Officers Pay asoCEM And Jessica's Law a Security Dollars For Religious Institutions a 100,000 Net New Jobs a Unemployment under 4% a Fast-tracked & Funded the ICC 0 Transportation Bill a Minority Business Reform a R&D, Bio-tech, & Film Production Tax Credits a Expanded Community & Rural Legacy Programs a Created 3,000 new home owners under "More House 4 Less" a Record Increase in Tourism a Business Confidence at 10 year high a Led Successful BRAC Process a Welfare At 40 Year Low a Veterans Retirement Exemption Advance Directive Registry