Teacher compensation and accountability grabbed media headlines for months as state legislators negotiated the new General Fund operating budget for FY 2014-15. But now that the budget has been finalized and signed into law, what should be getting headlines is a reform of the budgeting process itself. Thanks to a commitment to greater transparency, legislators have made sure that, going forward, debate over budgeting will use real dollar figures that will clearly show us all whether a so-called “cut” to a budget is really a “cut.” JLF’s Sarah Curry explains the significance in this brief video clip.