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adopted by this Constitutional Convention, the position

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of the boards, of the State Board and the local boards

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is absolutely unchanged. If these boards have ever been

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threatened, and the Minority question that they ever have

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been, the threat is not greater under the local government

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article as it exists. This lengthy Section 5, one of the

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ones that the Majority appears to be pressing seriously

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here today, is as I said, virtually as long as all the

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constitutional language in the existing Constitution.

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About half the questions from the Floor to Delegate Wheat-

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ley indicated that its meaning is extremely unclear.

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The Minority goes much further than that . It

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is not only unclear, it is unnecessary, and an amendment

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to strike that entire section offering no substitute

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language will be offered.

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Chairman Moser of the Committee on Local Govern-

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ment will speak during the controlled time and will re-

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emphasize the fact that this is purely superfluous and

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also basically incomprehensible.

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Now, Sections 6, 7 and 8 deal with the emotional

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subject of autonomy in higher education.