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<DIV>To my thinking the most interesting statement made by Bill Goesling was his
comment (not in this article)that higher education drives the economy and K-12
education doesn’t. Anyone see any irony in that rationale? </DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=thansen@moscow.com
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 18, 2013 8:13 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] State Board members rip Luna’s K-12
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href="http://www.idahoednews.org/news/state-board-members-rip-lunas-budget-proposal/">http://www.idahoednews.org/news/state-board-members-rip-lunas-budget-proposal/</A></SPAN></DIV>
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Board members rip Luna’s K-12 budget</H1>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">State Board of Education member Bill
Goesling ripped into Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna’s budget
proposal on Thursday, calling the </SPAN><A
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href="http://www.idahoednews.org/news/luna-calls-for-5-9-percent-budget-increase/">5.9
percent spending increase</A><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">“unacceptable.”</SPAN></P>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">“I find this to be just an unacceptable
increase in numbers,” Goesling said during the board’s meeting in Lewiston. “I
think at some point the board is going to have stand up and say, ‘This is not
going to work for higher education.’”</SPAN><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Goesling said an increase in public
school funding would come at the expense of Idaho’s colleges and
universities.</SPAN></P>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Luna’s K-12 budget proposal does not
factor in higher education spending, and it does not call for any cuts in any
other budgets.</SPAN></P>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Goesling suggested board members — who
are appointed by Gov. Butch Otter — make a separate recommendation to the
governor.</SPAN></P>
<P
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Although he was perhaps the most vocal
critic of Luna’s proposed budget, Goesling was not alone.</SPAN></P>
<P
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">“The fact is these numbers are staggering
when you look at where we are going and what we are doing and who is going to be
robbed in this whole spectrum of moneys,” said board member Milford Terrell.
Terrell said he understands public schools and universities are both seeking a
restoration of Great Recession-era budget cuts.</SPAN></P>
<P
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">The debate flared up as Luna Deputy Chief
of Staff Jason Hancock presented an overview of the budget proposal.</SPAN></P>
<P
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">The proposal calls for a $77 million
increase in public school funding. Luna built his budget around several
recommendations from Otter’s Task Force For Improving Education, including a
five-year proposal to reverse cuts in K-12 operational funding, and a
transformation of Idaho’s teacher pay model.</SPAN></P>
<P
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color=#000000><SPAN style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><A
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href="http://www.idahoednews.org/news/k-12-task-force-endorses-21-proposals/">Those
recommendations were backed</A> unanimously by the <A
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href="http://www.idahoednews.org/news/governor-names-his-task-force/">31-member
task force</A> — which included four members of the State Board, but not
Goesling or Terrell.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Although the funding debate was
passionate, it may have been somewhat of an academic exercise. The State Board
does not appropriate funds – that task falls to lawmakers and Otter.</SPAN></P>
<P
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Westerberg stood behind the task force’s
work while acknowledging the “sticker shock” reaction to the budget.</SPAN><SPAN
style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">State board member Richard Westerberg –
the task force’s chairman – appeared to sense the tension in the room Thursday.
On at least two occasions, he jokingly asked if members could take an early
break for lunch and set the discussion aside until later.</SPAN></P>
<P
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">“I don’t think anyone on the board or in
the room would argue that we have adequately funded K-12 education,” Westerberg
said.</SPAN></P>
<P
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Even before Thursday, the budget proposal
has drawn mixed reviews.</SPAN></P>
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<LI
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">When Luna unveiled his proposal on Oct.
1, Sen. Steven Thayn, R-Emmett, praised Luna for incorporating the task
force’s recommendation into the budget. But Thayn, who sits on the Senate’s
budget-writing and education committees, added: <A
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href="http://www.idahoednews.org/news/luna-calls-for-5-9-percent-budget-increase/">“I
don’t think we’re going to have quite that much money over the next five years
to do all of this.”</A></SPAN>
<LI
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Senate Education Committee Chairman
John Goedde, R-Coeur d’Alene, also applauded Luna’s attention to the task
force. But Goedde told Idaho Education News the spending increase is <A
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href="http://www.idahoednews.org/news/lawmakers-start-scrutinizing-luna-budget/">“a
stretch.”</A></SPAN>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Some district superintendents have
called for an <A
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href="http://www.idahoednews.org/news/superintendents-call-for-even-more-money/">even
bigger funding increase</A>, saying the state isn’t working quickly enough to
reverse <A
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href="http://www.idahoednews.org/news/idaho-k-12-cuts-among-steepest-in-nation/">some
of the steepest K-12 budget cuts in the nation</A>.</SPAN>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">And last week, <A
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href="http://www.idahoednews.org/news/andrus-wins-award-comes-out-punching/">former
Gov. Cecil Andrus said it was time for Idahoans “to put our money where our
mouth is”</A> if education is truly a top priority.</SPAN></LI></UL></DIV>
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<DIV>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</DIV>
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<DIV>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Tom Hansen</DIV>
<DIV>Moscow, Idaho</DIV>
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