[Winona Online Democracy]
Hello Paul and Winona Online Democracy,
Paul, you make good points...as usual.
:->
Local responsibility is the other side of the coin of local control.
Very true, very important.
At the same time, funding of education is a partnership between the state
and local school boards. Most people do not know that.
The two partners are not equal and draw their incomes from different sources.
If one partner or parent was more able to invest in their child's
education, shouldn't they be obligated to do so, especially if their source
of income is much larger and subject to much less regulations?
To blame local officials for statewide problems does not seem fair.
Am I overly simplifying the situation.
Dwayne
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>Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 20:46:28 -0600 (CST)
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>I read in the paper today an letter by Joanie Heydt-Nelson asking the
>Legislature to follow the Minnesota Constitution and specifically "to
>establish a general and uniform system of public schools" and "The
>legislature shall make such provisions by taxation or otherwise as will
>secure a thorough and efficient system of public schools through-out the
>state."
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>I would add to her question Minnesota Statue 471.71- 471.78 which enables
>contracts to be declare null and void and to hold individually elected
>officials liable which "vote for" indebtedness contracted in excess of
>revenue except that MS 471.72 excludes this right from all the citizens of
>Minnesota except those engaged in the mining of iron ore. Should elected
>officials in the southern part of the state be less accountable?
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>Local control is the responsibility of local elected officials to know
>their revenue and live within those limits regardless of an imbalanced
>formula.
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>At the same time Greater Minnesota school districts need to continue to
>fight to get the same dollars for every child as does every other school
>district including those in the metro areas.
>
>Paul Double
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