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localities are still short some $200 to $300 per student to pick up the slack created by the fast growing cost of gas for buses and heating cost for buildings.
Bills are dropping like flies. House Committees are killing Senate bills and Senate Committees are killing House bills. This is a good sign that maybe we won’t do too much damage to folks back home. A remote possibility now exists of adjourning on time next week.
One good House bill has passed the Senate and is on the way to the Governor. It is a bill removing the dog pound guidelines from the Health Department to the Department of Agriculture. It was unreal, the guidelines the Health Department was proposing. Ask your Supervisor for details.
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