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JACKSONVILLE -- March 5, 2001 --
With one day remaining in the special session, it is clear that none of the
proposed legislative initiatives designed to divide K-12 and higher
education, will be adopted. The Higher Education Partnership and the 10,500
faculty, staff and student members are pleased that our friends in the
Alabama Senate and Alabama House of Representatives have voiced their strong
disagreement with efforts to force higher education to bear a larger share
of the proration burden. Today's decisive vote for Senate Bill 24 showed
that the Alabama Senate, under the leadership of Lt. Gov. Steve Windom, was
not going to allow higher education to be treated any different than K- 12.
Many House and Senate leaders worked aggressively to support the university
position of equal treatment and their effort is greatly appreciated by the
150,000 families within Alabama's university community. No doubt, the legislative outcome is a victory for the universities! However, the state must not lose focus on the revenue question. Only by generating additional financial support for K-12, post-secondary and universities, will the state truly solve this problem. The Partnership looks forward to working with other education organizations, businesses and civic groups as we build support for properly funding public education. A productive educational system does not pit K-12 against higher education. The Partnership thanks the thousands of faculty, staff, student and alumni supporters who actively entered into this process. Their participation in rallies, phone banks, etc. made a difference. Now, we are encouraging all of them to focus their energies on the adoption of the 2001-2002 budget that provides funding that "measures up to the competition." The 2001-2002 budget proposal must be rewirtten and higher education's portion increased. Voting for the Universities’ Position - 24 Bill Armistead, Home: (205) 663-5507, State House:(334) 242-7873 Lowell Barron, Home: (256) 623-2811, State House:(334) 242-7858 Jack Biddle, Home: (205) 631-4591, State House:(334) 242-7846 Tom Butler, Home: (256) 837-8347, State House:(334) 242-7854 George Clay, Home: (334) 727-4709, State House:(334) 242-7868 Gerald Dial, State House:(334) 242-7882 Larry Dixon, Home: (334) 834-8105, State House:(334) 242-7895 Jeff Enfinger, Home: (256) 539-3480, State House:(334) 242-7885 Sundra Escott-Russell, Home: (205) 791-9278, State House:(334) 242-7864 Steve French, State House:(334) 242-7851 Jimmy Holley, Home: (334) 897-5181, State House:(334) 242-7845 Charles Langford, Home: (334) 262-8895, State House:(334) 242-7880 Albert Lipscomb, Home: (334) 965-7871, State House:(334) 242-7897 Ted Little, Home: (334) 887-6552, State House:(334) 242-7865 Del Marsh, State House:(334) 242-7877 E. B. McClain, Home: (205) 425-2918, State House:(334) 242-7867 Wendell Mitchell, State House:(334) 242-7883 Hinton Mitchem, State House:(334) 242-7876 Hap Myers, Home: (334) 342-5199, State House:(334) 242-7886 Phil Poole, Home: (205) 371-6337, State House:(334) 242-7889 Jim Preuitt, Home: (256) 362-5253, State House:(334) 242-7898 Tommy Ed Roberts, Home: (256) 773-2854, State House:(334) 242-7874 Charles Steele, Home: (205) 752-5263, State House:(334) 242-7935 Jabo Waggoner, Home: (205) 822-7443, State House:(334) 242-7892 Voting Against the Universities’ Position 6 Bobby Denton, Home: (256) 381-7449, State House:(334) 242-7888 Vivian Davis Figures, Home: (334) 457-9008, State House:(334) 242-7871 Pat Lindsey, Home: (205) 459-3508, State House:(334) 242-7843 Zeb Little, Home: (256) 734-6348, State House:(334) 242-7855 Hank Sanders, Home: (334) 875-1395, State House:(334) 242-7860 Harri Anne Smith, Home: (334) 886-3208, State House:(334) 242-7879 Abstaining from Voting 1 Rodger Smitherman, Home: (205) 322-3768, State House:(334) 242-7870 Not Voting 4 Roger Bedford, Home: (256)332-7709,, State House: (334)242-7862 George Callahan, Home: (334)666-2448,, State House: (334)242-7894 Curt Lee, Home: (205) 302-0831, State House:(334) 242-7891 Larry Means, Home: (256) 538-2014, State House:(334) 242-7857 |
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