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1	education, economy or dislike of the State Superintendent
2	of Education, is it not conceivable then that we would have
3	a Governor who might, because of this temporary situation,
4	reduce the appropriations for schools below a reasonable
5	level? 1 say is that not conceivable? If it is not
6	constitutional, if the general reason for having things in
7	a Constitution is to give them strong continuity?
8	MR. RENNIE: 1 don't think so. 1 think you would
9	still have the same restriction on him that he has under
10	these legislative laws that set up these formuals and
11	the amounts resulting from the calculations under the formul
12	I think, until those laws are changed, you would still have
13	to put up this amount of money.
14	DR. JENKINS: In my hypothetical case, the
15	Governor who could persuade the General Assembly to change
16	that law -
17	MR. RENNIE: He could change the law, but this
18	could only be done after he presented. his budget. If he
19	changes the law, then the budget would automatically be
20	cut by the change in the law. I don't think anything in
21	the Constitution would prevent that happening.