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It' · 29(of
the amendment) that state
uId &tiD fjn·nce the
�)fb( •• of DeCeIIIry COlts of
IDd services the
in 1978,- • aul Zim-
mer, · attomcy general
for education. 'What to
know is t arc tbc DCCCSSary
, . costs? I
, "Did the tate require local
I units to (run the programs)
backthen?-
i Fitzger ld contends th t
:11 ed • itself . mandated
.act, Zimmer said.
The school's Ie d co 1,
Dennis Pollard, of Clark,
Hardy, Lewis, Pollard and P
':! la offices, said the question ·
not ODe necessary costa, b of
percentages. Pollard · Sec-
. tion 29 prohibita any cuta in .
state funding to any locally
provided servicea.
:� sun IS bout the·fad
,. that FJUFrald' fundiag went
down dramatically: said Pol
lard. "Virtually every scbooI dis
trict in the state would ba'le the
e claim.
-In fact, virtuaUy every
ru
Farra
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ahn
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firmative action guidelines
aDd four other board
members voted to ppoint
GeorF Per MSU
Jetic director, accused of
contradicting MSU policy
FibBt.akf,s a
aipificut deere tate
J'C\a as a percent. of the
chool's expenditures. AI
tboQlb FiDprald's bud&et in
creased &0 $9.1 million in
1978-19 to $11.9 million in 1985-
86 the amount of state aid
dropped &om Dear $1.3 million
to S97,324 in the same ci&bt
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The school's atate ai
dropped in programs such
bilingual education, whic
&bowed aD 84 perceDt .
and special education, which
dec:reaaed by 19 percent.
THE STATE'S FUNDING
for general education
programs, which was slightly
more than $1 million in 1978-79,
cut out completely in 1982-
83.
Zimmer said the case is not a
matter of tatistics because the
problem is how Fitzgerald com
p tes funds.
-We don't agree with the
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Scott issued $5,000 to briD&
ministei Farrabhn to MSU.
The provost • ssm of
oncy 10 that As ODe could
reserve the MSU auditori
for FarrabIm.
T ee Dade
tioned that a 51,000
moratioriu be placed 0
--,-&cD the pr<WOlt'�
po to .. . 'a.
The DIOtic.
the remaiDder of f Dds
promised to As ODe are •
bc1d UDtil further DOtice.
Vi oriaL . of As
ODe &aid DODe of
ould have actually gODe
t ard Farrabhn's fee, b
ould have been u ed for
. As ODe projeda.
Durin Farrakahn'j
Pebruary 2 addrell,. he
criticized the U • .
tioIl fOl' • m As ODe.
rry au (the dminiatr tion)
put people throuP bell
beca they ed ParrabIm
here. Well here I am, be &aid.
parrablui As ODe
eudor ed Peyton's letter to
OweD. The letter deII.Md
Owea • toAaOM.
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c:omputatioaa, • Zimmer . cl "It
depeDda � . yo 're takiDa
iato accouDl
"The bottom tiDe' that
doD't thiak owe any
IDCDt, SO you're in there votiDg
whether your going to retain
· c services in schools.'
The case is in the e Court
of Appeals, awaiting scheduling
for oral arguments in Mayor
June. A decision is expected
three moatha to a year after
that, Zimmer said.
From there the case again
could be appealed to the
MicbipD Supreme Court.
In the case' first 10 years in
the judicial system, it bas spent
a great deal of time tra�
from court to court. It i in the
Court of-Appeal for the third
time, and had reached the State
Supreme Court in ·1986. The
case was sent to Macomb Coun
tyCircuit Court for fact-finding
before its latest return to the
Court of Appeals.
"The wheels of justice grind
very slowly.' Galati said ..
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