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This was put in in -- when did the Hughes Bill pass, '64,
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wasn't it; yes, 1964, the so-called Hughes Bill was put
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in.
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THE CHAIRMAN: Go ahead.
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MR. RAVER: -- six years in advance of the
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fiscal year. Recently, State Department of Education
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statistics, determined in cooperation with the State Health
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Department, have been accurate within one-half of one per
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cent. Obviously, there is little or no room for negotia-
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tion here.
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The third item, dealing with the numbers of
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teachers, has, in the past, been pre-audited at the request
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of the Budget Director but has never been changed -- let
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alone negotiated!
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1 understand this has happened twice, accord-
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ing to Dr. Zimmerman, that two times the question aroso
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and the State Department invited them to send in an auditor
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for a pre-audit of their estimates. They did, and in
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neither year was there any change made. As a matter of
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fact, they didn't even complete the audit the second year.
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Nevertheless, as long as a single estimate is
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