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the operation of schools those State moneys which are
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permitted by law.
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Fortunately, during my twenty-two years in the
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State Department of Education, we have not had the prob-
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lem of an attempt to divert those funds. There has been
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more criticism in the legislature about the mandated
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sections which they cannot reduce. As you will recall,
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the budget estimates which are prepared by the State
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Superintendent of Schools may not be even reduced by the
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Governor. He receives them and passes them onto the
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legislature.
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I think this is a good section because the
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counties must pay certain minimum salaries for a desig-
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nated number of teachers, which the law requires or per-
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mits them to employ, under a more recent law, and to
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support transportation. These are things which the
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law sets forth as the minimum program of education and,
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if we have a minimum program of education, the State
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should support it and not permit the legislature to
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reduce this amount which would place the local political
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subdivision then in a position of not being able to pay
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