I disagree that the mandates are wrong: most definitions of government
include educating the citizenry. The mandates simply set bare minimums. What
simply needs to happen is for them to be fully funded.
The only locales that could afford to entirely self-fund an adequate
education for all their children are those containing primarily well-to-do
folks, with a minimum of any kind of diversity. I don't want to live in such
a place. State-wide income tax revenue comes into Mpls through the state
funding mechanism, supplanting revenue that Mpls schools get through Mpls
property taxes. I don't think anyone supports that portion of their property
taxes doubling or tripling. Federal funds make up only about 7% of our
schools' income (roughly), which is a crime - not that they should pay more
than what they mandate but that they should fund their mandates. IMHO.
By the way, from the CABC meeting last nite, calling the governer (per
Catherine Shreves' message yesterday) really is important. He needs to
change his position before the rest of the legislators can have any room to
manuever.
Claire Stokes
SW Area Parent's Council
Citizen's Budget Advisory Committee
> > Falls under the 'I told you so category'. I've been telling all of my
> > pro-state-Federal education funding friends for a long time this would
> > happen. While I kept arguing against state or federal money-dictates on
> > local schools, they kept saying I hated kids, was a racist, cold hearted,
> > etc. My argument was always along these lines..."one day, some one you
> don't
> > like or agree with(Jesse, George W) is going to be in charge of these
> > monsters you have created. They will do things you don't like and can't
> > stop." Well the chickens have come home to roost.
> >
> > I do not know what percentage of MPS's budget comes from outside sources.
> I
> > know it is high. Now we are experiencing the the golden rule. She who
> has
> > the gold, rules.
> >
> > Craig Miller
> > Former Fultonite
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> >
> > >The governor wants to control taxing and spending for all schools
> including
> > >Minneapolis at the state level. And now it appears all he wants to do is
> > >cut school funding. I think he just hung himself, and he can't blame
> this
> > >one on anybody but himself. ;-)
> > >
> > >Russ Peterson
> > >Ward 9
> > >Standish
>
>
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