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says, well, we'll just cut so many million dollars out
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of that per pupil allotment or State aid, even though
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the law says that we are going to be guaranteed this,
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when it. comes to be paid, if the funds are not there,
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we are hurt. We can't carry out our local rights be-
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cause we have submitted budgets locally with the State
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support that is guaranteed by law. So, certainly it
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has got to be kept in, so the budget people or the
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legislature cannot just arbitrarily cut money that
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would support the provisions of the finance laws that
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are there. That's about all 1 have to say.
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THE CHAIRLADY: I would like to ask you at
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least one question, which you may not want to answer.
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I would regard it perhaps as a hot question, but coming
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from the county superintendents group, there are a num-
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ber of state constitutions which make specific provision
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or prohibition against the use of state funds either
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directly or indirectly in support of secular schools,
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either stating explicitly that they cannot be used for
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transportation and stating explicitly they cannot be
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used for any purpose. I know this has been an issue in
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