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Re: Budget picks sides in Atkinson-Perdue

alaskan1 — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:21:48 -0400

Let's everbody keep voting Democrat. Culture of Corruption--The Democrat Party. Getting screwed without being kissed--electing Democrats.

Re: Budget picks sides in Atkinson-Perdue

bnartist — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:09:30 -0400

Apparently passing a Budget is not so important to the Senate. Loading a budget bill up with non-budget legislation is a great way to keep the session going until Halloween. If they want to do this kind of thing & it's important enough they should run it in a separate bill instead of playing political trick or treat in the middle of a fiscal crisis.

Re: Budget picks sides in Atkinson-Perdue

tangoz — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:20:25 -0400

Just another abuse of the public trust by Rand and Basnight, have they no shame?

Re: Budget picks sides in Atkinson-Perdue

j1c2kp — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:33:46 -0400

That is the wonderful thing about politicians, if they don't like something well heck they just re-write....

Budget picks sides in Atkinson-Perdue

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:56:55 -0400

The Senate budget is the latest battleground for educational oversight.

A section of the 2009 budget released by Senate leaders last night would shift power from Superintendent June Atkinson to an appointee of Gov. Beverly Perdue's.

The two Democrats have been fighting over whether the superintendent of the head of the Board of Education should be in charge of schools. Atkinson has sued over the issue.

The budget sides with Perdue, changing wording in state statutes to put the chief executive officer — Perdue appointee Bill Harrison — in charge of administering state education tests:

(b) The ~~Superintendent of Public Instruction~~ Chief Executive Officer shall be responsible, under policies adopted by the State Board of Education, for the statewide administration of the testing program provided by this Article.

Update: "This proposed change is just another example of why we need the court system to determine the constitutionality of the role of the state superintendent," Atkinson told Dome. "We need that clarity."

Hat Tip: Chris Hayes