Career-Ladder is supposed to be fully funded for the 2011-2012 school year the last I heard.
IKR about the tenure? I'm up for it after this school year and it will annoy me to no end if it is no longer available due to the stupid state stepping in -- then again, it will make it easier to get ride of some complacent co-workers I have to deal with who have tenure and don't really teach anymore.