FW: Palin's funding cuts for special education schools

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From: Betsy [mailto:banderson@...]

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'Janet Vohs'

Subject: Palin's funding cuts for special education schools

See Bob's e-mail below

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Subject: FW: Palin's funding cuts for special education schools

To my sped friends and colleagues:

Emmett Finocche, an associate in our real estate department at KC & S,

mentioned at lunch today having seen a comment questioning Palin's

description of herself last evening as an " advocate " for families of

children with disabilities in light of some action she apparently took as

Governor to cut special ed resources by a whopping 62%. I asked him to

track that item down, since the special education advocacy community ought

to be alert to the facts around any representations like Ms. Palin's.

Here's the info:

Here is a link to a CBS fact-check piece which points out Palin's 62% cut of

state funding for special education schools in Alaska:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/04/politics/animal/main4414049.shtml

Also attached are PDFs of the actual budget documents showing the cuts. The

2007 budget is pre-Palin. The 2008 Budget is her first budget, where you can

see the most significant cut.

Politics = the art of shaping reality to fit the need of the moment, eh?

Best to all,

Bob

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