[Winona Online Democracy]
Personally, I like the Governor's proposal. It doesn't seem right, in a
land of "equality" that a student living in say, Rochester or Edina has a
higher level of education than a student living in a poor section of Mpls,
or Baudette. They are all Minnesotans, so why should one school district
have trouble buying text books while the other has brand new computers and
pays their teachers a much higher salary?
Cherisa Templeton
>From: "Steve Kranz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Winona Online Democracy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [Winona] Change in Education Funding
>Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 08:56:42 -0500
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>[Winona Online Democracy]
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>The governor is proposing to change the education funding formula so that
>the state picks up a much higher percentage of education funding (possibly
>100%). His idea is to reduce property taxes and shift those taxes into
>other areas such as sales taxes (possible extending the tax to clothing).
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>Some support the idea since it could potentially help communities that have
>a smaller tax base with more education dollars and help to even out the
>playing field across the state. Some fear that the money would include
>more
>strings and state mandates.
>
>Here's a link to a few articles providing some information (because the
>links are so long, you may have to cut and paste them into the address bar
>of your browser, rather than just clicking them -- be sure to get the full
>address. If the link doesn't work, double check that you have all of the
>address):
>
>http://www.startribune.com/viewers/qview/cgi/qview.cgi?template=metro_a_cach
>e&slug=tax10
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>http://www.startribune.com/viewers/qview/cgi/qview.cgi?template=metro_a_cach
>e&slug=prop11
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>http://www.pioneerplanet.com/docs/home1.htm
>
>What do you think?
>Would this help Winona's school system or hurt it?
>What do you think the important issues are?
>
>-Steve Kranz
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