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arrived has been given to this .
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MR. RAVER: I will simply state that because
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it is not on the sheet I received. I don't know whether i
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is specifically mentioned, but this provision elevates
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public education to a true Jeffersonian status in our
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society, along with the legislative and judicial branches
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of our State government. Further, the budgetary regu-
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lations set forth protect the school program from
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politican manipulation through threats to remove the
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necessary funds.
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When the General Assembly has enacted an
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education measure the financing must be provided and
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neither the chief executive nor any other State official
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can influence school personnel by financial threats in
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the course of their performance of duty.
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I hasten to add that I have never seen any
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attempt at such manipulation in my twenty years in
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Annapolis as an education lobbyist, but I have seen
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evidence of such machinations in other areas where such
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constitutional protection is absent. Therefore, I
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strongly urge that these provisions be retained in the
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