Another Ed Funding Amendment Rejected

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By Laura Knoy on Thursday, May 15, 2008.
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The Governor, the Speaker, and Republican leaders all supported the amendment, but a backbench revolt from both sides of the aisle left it dead in the water. We’ll do the autopsy, find out where we go from here, and ask whether lawmakers can ever solve education funding.

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It's all well & good for politicians to say they should keep on trucking. What about the children affected? 25 years ago I stood up in a meeting in Kittery & wondered if the improvements to Traip Academy would occur before my daughter graduated (she was 11). Regrettably, it didn't happen!

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