In 2011 the school board approved curtailing the middle school foreign language program and furloughing six teachers as part of its budget process for 2011-12.
He proposed a wide range of budget austerity measures, including employee furloughing, spending reductions, freezing state hiring, freezing state employee wages, and a host of administrative changes for state agencies.
At that time, most federal departments and agencies began furloughing their employees in order to meet their respective spending cut targets.
