WTF?
"Tuition plan for illegal students falls flat
A bill to grant undocumented students in-state tuition rates “isn’t going anywhere’’ and is probably dead this legislative session, Governor Deval Patrick said yesterday. Responding to an angry e-mail on his radio show on WTKK-FM, Patrick told listeners that strong resistance from residents meant lawmakers were probably not going to tackle the bill. However, Patrick said it would bring needed revenue (AP)."
Yeah, they finally hear us -- when it is election time.
And how charging less is going to help add revenue is beyond me -- especially when they shouldn't even be attending the school.
The Boston Public Schools will cut tens of millions of dollars in spending for the next school year as the city continues to confront revenue woes, according to a preliminary budget Superintendent Carol R. Johnson presented to the School Committee last night.
The proposal, which follows two years of intense budget chopping, calls for such incremental measures as freezing administrative salaries, turning down heat in schools and offices, and reducing custodial staff.
When it is bitter cold outside?
But the cuts could go much deeper as the department considers an array of other potentially controversial options in the coming weeks, as it reduces spending by $57.7 million. Under consideration: school closings, reduced busing, furlough days, wage freezes, or pay cuts....
And WHY you need to REWRITE a SCHOOL BUDGET ARTICLE is BEYOND ME!
What was CUT but what appeared in my printed paper:
The district also plans to spend an additional $10 million to bring its programs for students learning to speak English into compliance with state and federal laws -- a push that began last year when the district realized during a state review that thousands of students were not receiving services to which they were legally entitled.
While YOU FACE CUTS, citizen/taxpayer!!!
Related: English-only at store stokes controversy
Yeah, I see the need for the rewrite now.
That would make people mad, wouldn't it?
--more--"
Related: The Massachusetts State Budget
Oh, they have money; it's just going to the wrong places!
Also see:
- Mass. Migration: Mixed Messages
- Mass. Migration: What's the Difference Between a Brazilian and a Dominican?
- Mass. Migration: Making Money
- Mass. Migration: Sully's Marijuana Smoke
- Mass. Migration: Sanctuary Cities
- Mass. Migration: Illegals Can't Drive Fifty-Five
- Mass. Migration: Office Open
- Mass. Migration: Lynn Lynching
