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model state constitution which was drawn by the National

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Municipal League. It gives a rather brief statement in '

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connection with support of higher education, and I think

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that from that could flow some of the ideas that we

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desire, particularly since we would like the statement

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to be brief.

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In connection with county units, and this is

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my final point, it seems to me that we need to clarify

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somewhere the relationship of the county units to the

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State's responsibilities in education. This has come

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up. Mr. Eney has raised it, Mr. Sartorius and Dr.

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Zimmerman have raised it. In doing this, I would call

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your attention to the fact that Baltimore City's

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Department of Education sustains a rather unique rela-

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tionship here and, if you go through the Constitution,

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you will note that the relationship is somewhat differ-

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ent than that in the county.

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To some degree, the history of education in

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the State, wherein the Baltimore City Department of

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Education was really established before the State

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Department of Education, which was the reason for this