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They elect their boards. They have the taxing authority
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They levy their own taxes for the support of their
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schools. I don't know of any state that does this, at
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the state level.
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MR. ENEY: Well, this was quite common some
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years back, was it not?
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DR. SENSENBAUGH: Yes, and it is still quite
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prevalent in some areas. I think there is a tendency
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to have elected board members in the smaller school
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districts, where people know each other more so than
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they do over a large area.
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If you look at your big cities, and I have
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a feeling, now, this is just an impression, that most
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of the big cities do not elect their board members;
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although, this is not true in Boston. I know Boston
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does elect their board members.
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MR. ENEY: Dr. Sensenbaugh, I would like to
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ask you this, and it comes back to what you were saying
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before, but I would like to get a little more specific,
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by statute, now, not by the Constitution.
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The Governor appoints the members of the
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