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program of free public education in each political sub-

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division of the State which shall be clearly designated

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by statute and from which no subdivision shall be exempted

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The legislature has a lot of power, but as

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Dr. Pullen said, every government legislature and leader

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should operate under suspicion and capriciousness some-

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times comes into the whims and actions of all of us. So,

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I would hope there would be an extension of a guarantee

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in this part of the statement.

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I would call your attention finally to this,

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and shall provide by taxation, or otherwise, for their

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maintenance. This is splendid and this is becoming more

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and more important as time goes on because what this

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says here is that the responsibility lies with the State

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not to pay the whole bill, but it lies with the State

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first of all to provide some State funds; secondly, to

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determine the local share through certain ranges of

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taxation or otherwise and to accept and use properly the

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Federal funds made available for education. So, this in

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years to come will become even more important.

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I shall not comment on Sections 2 and 3. It