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of the budget amendment which states in effect that the

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Legislature may not reduce that portion of the budget

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which reaches them and deals with school affairs. Is this

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correct, Mr. Sachs?

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MR. SACHS: Yes. We considered at the last

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meeting, as the minutes reflect, the first five subsec-

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tions of the proposed new draft, which as you have indicatec

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leaves unchanged that privilege.

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THE CHAIRMAN: So that we are not here discus-

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sing the question of the power of the General Assembly

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to cut the school budget. The Committee believes, at

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least, that power should be denied. What we are talking

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about is the way the executive mokes up his budget and,

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as I see it, the issue is in substance whether or not the

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governor must accept the budget prepared by the State

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Board of Education, or whether or not there should be some

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room for the governor to negotiate with the State Board,

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as to what the budget should be, or indeed have a veto

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power, consistent with law, over the budget.

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Now, with that prefatory statement, I would like

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to ask Mr. Raver if he has any statement he would like to