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If 1 might digress just for a minute, and I

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won't read all the things on Page 5, but what is being

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done is to talk around the country as to a basic or

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minimum foundation program, and these almost always by

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statute provide what you see here. First the structure,

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secondly the basic program involving teachers, length

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of years and so on; third, there is a means of financing

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and, of course, as this develops, it takes care of the

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local, provides for. the State's share, whether it is

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equalizing, Mr. Eney, or whether it's a basic aid or

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what you might call it and, of course, highly important

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here is that this equalizing factor be used, or rather,

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use the funds in the entire State, no matter from whence

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they are drawn, whether it is Baltimore County or

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Montgomery, or where; to make sure every citizen will

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get an adequate education. This is important. This is

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a common practice.

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On the other hand, it is in this section I

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would recommend there be some revision. I am not a

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lawyer. I don't know how you would do this, but that

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perhaps there be some reference to a basic or minimum