By Biker Babe
According to this morning's Standard-Examiner, State Senate Neanderthal Chris Buttars is still up to his Paleolithic Era tricks:
• Buttars firm on cutting 12th grade (Live! Edition)Yeah! Cut out 12th grade and no buses for high school:
• Buttars firm on cutting 12th grade (Digital Edition)
On Monday, Buttars told a subcommittee that getting rid of 12th grade would save the state $102 million. Buttars also said he wants to cancel all busing for high school students to save $15 million. But Rep. Marie Poulson, a Cottonwood Heights Democrat, says senior year is when students mature and excel in academics, sports and activities. Poulson also says cutting 12th grade would create problems with college admissions.More Legislative double-speak: One-time money and backfill funding will eventually catch up with the education system. WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN !?!?
The State of Utah is already on the very BOTTOM of the list as far as $$$ spent per student out of ALL 50 states. Why do you people always insist on cutting education funding first? Then complaining that the education $$$ budget is too small to support a whole GRADE? Just cut out 12th - cut out senior year - cut loose a bunch of kids who lack preparation and maturity to enter higher education and watch the ripple/domino effect of that.
What "backfill funding" and "one-time money" is going to fix that?
