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Article: Carlson lost school fight - or did he?; The compromise education funding bill would, at first blush, appear to be a defeat for Minnesota's Republican governor. But he may be slowly changing the way public schools, and private schools, are viewed in the state.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- June 29, 1997
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History is full of examples - Bunker Hill in the Revolutionary War, for instance - where a retreat portended eventual victory.
Gov. Arne Carlson and advocates of more public funding of private schools see a parallel in last week's one-day special legislative session, which finally produced a $6.7 billion school funding bill, which Carlson will sign today.
In 1996, Carlson lost his battle with the DFL-controlled Legislature for private school vouchers. And this year he eventually had to back away from his cherished proposal to provide income tax credits for private-school tuition.
The Republican governor and DFLers compromised on a package of ...