troit utility
Community
m nd �SU
Tru e r tr ct
KKK comp rl on
Farrakahn' destructive like the
KKK.
"Ho in your right mind
could you make such a te-
ment?" Peyton's letter ed.
The Ku Klux Klan· a group of
proven murder, r pi t,
lyncher , and co ants. You,
Mr. Owen cannot say the same
thing bout Minister Far­
rakahn."
The letter w endorsed by
Governor Bl nch rd, COD­
gresSmaD Jo Conyers, Mayo .
CIIpitlll News SetVice
LA SING - The te many
o e $1 billion to Michig D
public schools due to a lawsw
that alleges the schools ate
funding cut illegally.
ID a case filed by Warren
Fitzgerald Schools in � that
m y have tate-wide implica­
tions, the district claims the
e Department of Education
underfunded it more than S2
million over the p t 11 year .
The uburban Detroit
district' case r OD the 1978
Headlee Ameadmeat, hich
designed to preveat 81'0 h
in tate taxes without p blic ap­
proval. Sectio of th amend­
ment prohibit the e. (rom
reducing the percentage of
funding to st teem ndated
programs, including some in
ed cation.
"Before the Headlee
Amendment passed, the te of
Michigan was funding t
certain percentage of tho e
programs," s id Anthony
Galati, Fitzgerald chools su­
perintendent After the Head­
lee Amendment, that
percentage dropped."
GALATI AID 11IE t te
ould also fund general edu -
tio cos that aren't re rved
for specific program at the
same percentage they were
before th ame dment
"U we were getting certain
proportion of our bud et to run
the school . 1978, then the
H dice Ame dment ys they
bould continue at t e ame
proportlon," G ati said.
State-mandated progra ,
. ch co . of progr . uch
as special education and
driver ' education, have money
de ignated pecifically for
them. Gener 1 id, or un­
restricted . d, is state money
schools recei that' D re­
quired to go to specific
programs.
Though the impli tio of
t e suit e large, many t te of-
ficial cl imed to have no
knowledge of the case.
Tom W gamon, deputy u­
perintendent for fin ce in the
Michigan Dep rtment of
Education, Dou Dr e, acting
director of due tion in the
st te budget office, d Sen.
Dan DeGro , Kindergarten-
12th grade Education Ap­
propriation ubcommittee
chairman, all . d they had no
kno ledge of the case before
being interviewed.
o PO 0 e tate'
defense i that the 001 dis-
trict is trying to claim money for
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