If you have petitions in circulation please keep sending them in. We will see that they are delivered to the right people in the legislature. We must keep the pressure on for increased K-12 spending. Governor Ventura s proposed budget, which freezes the basic formula allowance for next school year, will hurt the quality of our children s education. With a state surplus of 1.5 billion dollars, we can afford to support our schools.
Most school districts face budget shortfalls.
Competition for teachers, training, heating costs, inflation and special needs students place heavy demands on already strained budgets. For the last 10 years this funding has not kept up with inflation. When funding was finally increased, a large amount of aid was simultaneously dropped, negating much of that increase. 400 dollars, added to the per pupil allowance, will restore funding to the level it was 10 years ago. We must give schools basic funding that they can count on.