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the people. Any official is the representative of the

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people and therefore accountable to them. That is why

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the State Board of Education in my opinion is probably

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the greatest body of its kind in the State because you

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let the State Board do something and all of the people

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in the State come after them, but there are a lot of

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other bodies, a lot of other boards who are not account-

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able because people don't know who they are.

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MR. ENEY: Dr. Pullen, may I come back to

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the matter you were speaking on a moment ago, because

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it is not clear to me yet. Are you suggesting that

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free public education be extended from nursery school

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or kindergarten through college, a professional school,

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or what?

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DR. PULLEN: I thought I said this, or this

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is what I meant to say. Yes, in principle. I would be

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cautious, to this extent. I would know where I could

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pay for it, but what are you going to do, Mr. Eney, if

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some parents -- and I think some parents ought to do this

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if some parent brings a suit against the University of

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Maryland or one of the colleges saying that my child is