The olution
of t BllC mal
according to Dr
Simpson, Pisto of Tlber-
e e Baptist Ch reh.
Durin the " ICt lie
At �isk· confere ce, hosted
y Hi hllnd ar Com-
'y College ( CC), Oct.
J -1 , Samp on iid to the
stu ents in t e mixed
audience of bout 400
peo le, ·You are tb elution,
don t look for solutions, you
are ,he solution. St rt with
.di covering your elf, tart
with di cipline."
H pointed out di cipline
is hunning the everyday
"pie ure s " of life, like
buyi g clothe and c r , to
one ay attain ·joy" in life by
attending chool.
"It you let what happ n to
you rod y pa s by you, you
are like a hungry .man at
smorg bord who fail to
open hi mouth," Samp on
said.
SA PSON SAID it wa
irnpo tant for Black youth to
learn their history so a to
Continu d on P e 21
By
voted a Con ututional amend­
ment for a tatcwide lottery to
give money to the general
fund.
Although the genera 1 fund
only add to the hool aid
fund, many voters got the im­
pression that the lottery would
be strictly for educ tion.
In May of 1981 , after
Continued on P 2
education funding," and wby
are some di tricts talking law
suit and other preparing
emergency millage ?
Here is why: State funding
for education come out of an
account called tbe State
School Aid Fund. Thi i the
primary ource of cbool
fund fo the tate. It con­
tribute $2.4 bi II ion of
Micbigan' $3.1 illion K-12
education budget
The other $ 00 million
come from the neral fund.
The general f nd i not
specifically for e ucation, but
ever ince 1955 t school aid
fund ha borrow d from the
general fund t
state' chooling
I 1973 M
Service
that homeowners pay property
tax mill every year, They
may know that Michigan has
an "educauon lottery" and
many have heard that there i
more tban 3 million set aside
for kindergarten through
t elftb grade education in
1990-91.
So the que tion are: "How
doe the lottery figure into
LANSING-for the average
per on, chool funding ba
I 1 ay been orne bat of a
my tery to be left in the band
of local, state and federal
policy ma ers until it's time to
put our boots on and go fight
a millage war.
Most people under land