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<br />Public ~ducativn <br />1. Public School Construction and Community College Funding -Support legislation to <br />provide state assistance to meet public school and community college construction needs <br />. caused by increased enrollment, mandated reduction in class size, and other factors <br />through a statewide referendum on a bond issue andlor through authority for caunties to <br />raise additional revenues to meet facility needs, and to fund expansion budget requests of <br />the community college system to meet demands resulting from increased enrollment and <br />to train and retrain workers responding to a changing economy. <br />~~See also Item #~ of grange County's Legislative .Matters <br />.Resolution <br />2. Education Current Expense Funding -Support legislation to assure that the state <br />define and support an adequate basic education in all local school systems and <br />appropriate adequate operating funds to fully fund its education initiatives with revenue <br />that is earmarked to pay the costs of those initiatives. The state should fund programs <br />that continue to engage young people, provide individualized options that eliminate <br />arbitrary barriers and provide students a range of opportunities through which they can <br />gain the credentials, skills and education they need to function.in the modern economy of <br />the 21 st century. Specif tally, the state should: <br />• continue to fully fund the Low wealth Schaal Fund; and <br />~ , appropriate funds for school resource officers an the basis of one position <br />allotment for each middle school and high school building for all school systems <br />across the state; <br />~ appropriate funds far career technical vocational}education in high schools. <br />3. Public School Capital Building Fund - ~ Support legislation to assure that the Public <br />School- Capital Building Fund remains intact and to direct the State Treasurer to report on <br />longterm commitments that are dependent on this fund. Counties and schools should not <br />be deprived of these resources as they were deprived of state support far school utility <br />costs in 991 ~92. <br />4. Community College Governance -~ Support legislation to review the process through <br />which members of the various boards of trustees of the several community colleges are <br />appointed to determine whether the system pxovides far adequate representation from <br />caunties responsible for supporting multi..county campuses. <br />5. Sales Tax Refunds --Support legislation to allow public schools systems to regain access <br />to sales tax refunds. <br />~~'ee also Item #3 of Grange County ~s Legislative .Matters <br />Resolution <br />