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want to make perfectly clear what the Minority

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Amendment No. I does. It strikes out the entire language

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of Sections 1 and 4 of the Majority Report, substitutes

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the language contained in the amendment. By doing this,

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the resultant substitution will be roughly one-third as

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long as the language for which it is substituted.

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Section 1 is extremely redundant in light of

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Section 4. In fact, it is difficult to see why it is re-

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peated; so I won't dwell on that subject.

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We have already discussed the fact that the

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Minority, in light of the Executive Article as adopted,

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has agreed to dovetail this section with the Executive

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Article in providing that the Statewide system of free

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public schools shall be headed by a governing board

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appointed by the governor. Hence, I am somewhat at a loss

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to understand the discussions brought to this Floor by

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Delegate Kathleen Robie in urging that the board be recog-

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nized in the Constitution. Indeed it is if this amendment

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is adopted.

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What you are doing by adopting Minority Amend-

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ment I specifically is from the standpoint of draftsmanship,