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The Legislature and governor

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remain without a deal on

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using the state budget surplus

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for property tax relief.

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So how disappointed were you

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and other superintendents

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when the Assembly adjourned

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without hatching this plan?

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We were really disappointed

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and in part

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because they adjourned

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the session in the second

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or third week of February.

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We talked about that

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with some of our students that

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that would be similar

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to us ending the school year

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after Homecoming.

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But there's so much

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of this year left

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that the Legislature

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and the governor

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could be working together

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to solve these

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longstanding problems

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not only using

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the state surplus that exists

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now to solve

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property tax relief

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and school district finance

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in the short term

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but also sitting down

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and doing the serious work

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of trying to address

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long-term concerns about the

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state school finance formula.