Article: LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)

Byline: The Register-Guard

Minnis plan wasn't pro-schools

Tonie Nathan's Nov. 30 letter about House Speaker Karen Minnis was propaganda. There was nothing about the Minnis 2005 Stable Schools Plan that was pro-schools or children.

Nathan describes the Minnis plan as providing stability for school funding. This is misleading. Minnis' plan was for self-imposed legislative budget constraint for funding kindergarten through 12th grade education. Minnis wanted a ceiling on school spending of 51 percent of the state's budget.

The problem is that state funding is volatile because the state income tax revenues vary according to the health of ...

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