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The reason basically for this is when the

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Minority Report was written, the Executive Article had

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not been fully debated and completed on the Floor. You

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will recall that there were Floor amendments on this very

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point, and the subject was more or less deferred until we

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reached GP-6. Because of the open nature of the Executive

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Article, this language was added to make it clear that

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the head of the principal department, the Executive Branch

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in education will be a board appointed by the governor.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Mitchell.

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DELEGATE MITCHELL: Delegate Lord, did your

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Minority consider the fact that in many areas of the State

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essential educational services such as vocational

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training, training for physically and mentally handicapped

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children, health services for the pupils and library

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facilities are absent?

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DELEGATE LORD: Delegate Mitchell, the Majority

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and the Minority considered this in that two witnesses

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from a group, I believe it was in Prince Georges County,

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that worked with handicapped children did appear. They

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did not bring any specific recommendations to the Committee,