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in terms of current operating expenditures from one-third

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up to a maximum.

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Now, if the legislature were to in any sense

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destroy this concept, the community college, such as

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ours, couldn't possibly set forth its budget upon which

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we draw student tuitions and local funds, so that they

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are integrated to fulfill our purpose and therefore this

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is inviolate. There is no possible way that we could

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operate with security. This is one illustration of

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the very thing that Dr. Zimmerman is talking about.

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MR. ENEY: But, so far as the State Department

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of Education budget is concerned, the equalization of

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fund payments, the related mandated fund payments are

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almost the entire budget, aren't they?

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DR. ZIMMERMAN: Except for State headquarters.

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MR. ENEY: Well, in dollars or percentage,

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what is it, 97 per cent?

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DR. ZIMMERMAN: I don't know the per cent,

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but it is great.

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MR. BROOKS: Over 90, certainly.

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MISS BESSIE C. STERN: There are other items