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and asked him to designate which items in the public school
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budget were mandatory under the existing laws, and I got
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a letter back and these M's here, and there have been a
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couple added, but in every case where a mandatory item went
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in, I asked the Attorney General's opinion whether it was
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mandatory or not, and where you see an M in the summary of
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the budget, they are items that are mandatory and the other
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items we have jurisdiction over, and Tom never did get over
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that, as far as he and 1 were concerned in our personal
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relationship, but that is neither here nor there.
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So, I would say that that sentence in there cause;
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no pain, I don't believe.
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MR. SLICKER: I think the question you have is
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whether it is necessary to be in the Constitution or whether
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just an ordinary law wouldn't cover it.
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THE CHAIRMAN: That's right.
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MR. SLICHER: This is the way I feel about it.
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I don't think it is necessary that it be in the Constitution.
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MR. RENNIE: I'll go along with this, as long as
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we have ---if it's a law establishing a formula passed by
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the legislature, then I would say too that it does not
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