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MR. SLICKER: Yes, to this extent. By the
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time the budget is printed, we can generally get an
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estimate from the Department of Education on th'eir current
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budget which would indicate that they are going to have
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maybe a million or two million surplus. Now, the figures
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for the budget going to the legislature to a great extent
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are based on the current budget plus their estimates for
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the next year.
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Now, if they know they are going to have a
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million and a half or too million surplus in the current
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budget, this automatically implies they've got too large a
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budget going in for the next year. Now, that was my point,
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that we cannot do that and the legislature cannot do that.
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MR. SACHS: Right.
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MR. RENNIE: I believe there has been an
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instance wh.ere they voluntarily, by letter, reduced their
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budget before the legislature reduced their request, and
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on that basis, it was reduced. Of course, if they refuse
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to do that, I guess they would be stuck. The budget
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couldn't be changed, that is, in the mandatory items, after
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it was in the legislature.
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