What was the final, approved and signed K-12 budget this last session vs. the immediate preceding session? Just curious?
Michael Hohmann Linden Hills > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Don Jorovsky > Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 4:46 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Mpls] Yes, K-12 funding WAS cut in 2003 > > > Well, Jim Mork is right and M. G. Stinnett is > wrong when it comes to what happened to school > funding in the 2003 legislative session. > > Jim Mork wrote: > > "Because of Pawlenty and Sviggum, you no > longer have the financial equality to pull in > teachers with better pay." > > and M. G. Stinnett wrote: > > "Hm. Last I heard, state funding for K-12 > education wasn't really cut. They were pretty > much protected in the budget, which meant much > bigger cuts for other programs. So you can't > blame Pawlenty and Sviggum." > > Don sez: > > What M. G. is doing here is just quoting the > party line from Pawlenty, Sviggum and the other > Republicans at the Capitol. The fact is that > K-12 education WAS cut substantially, and that > hurts Minneapolis greatly because the city has > great needs (this has been well documented by > other list members who have posted at length). > > My boss, Senator Ellen Anderson, was on the > conference committee for K-12 education this > year, and I can assure you that she and her > Senate DFL colleagues were extremely displeased > with the House and Gov. Pawlenty on this; these > Republicans insisted on inadequate education > funding, and the Senate DFL being only one out > of three could not prevail on its proposal to > hold K-12 education harmless. The final result > was something like $170 million below the Senate > K-12 bill. > > Don Jorovsky > New Brighton > REMINDERS: > 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager > at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn > E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
