Educational Town Hall Meeting

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Obviously, their concerns are "How are you going to continue funding my child's education?"and "The schools need more money. "

This would be an opportunity to have a little fun and a chance to get some answers to questions that you may have.

Monday, February 8, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. to attend a joint Education Town Hall Meeting in the East Grand Rapids High School Little Auditorium, 2211 Lake Drive, SE, EGR, MI 49506

Together with the EGRPS Legislative Committee, we invite you to bring your questions regarding all of the changes related to K-12 education to a Town Hall Meeting moderated by EGRPS Superintendent, Dr. Sara Shubel.
• Do you wonder about all of the budget cuts?
• Do you want to know more about the huge changes brought about by the Race to the Top incentives?
Representative Dave Hildenbrand, Senator Mark Jansen, Representative Robert Dean, Senator Bill Hardiman, and others will be there to address your concerns and answer your questions.

Meet your legislators and let them know that strong public schools are important to you!

For background information, review material at http://www.cityptsa.com/NEWS/resources/from_lac/ or visit EGRPS's legislative site at http://egrpseducationadvocates.blogspot.com/

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Comment by Tina Dupont on February 8, 2010 at 12:20pm

I can't make it tonight. Please ask Jansen why he is pushing this?

Comment by Tina Dupont on February 8, 2010 at 12:17pm

SENATE BILL No. 927
October 20, 2009, Introduced by Senators JANSEN, HARDIMAN and KAHN and referred to the
Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to amend 2001 PA 34, entitled
"Revised municipal finance act,"
by amending section 103 (MCL 141.2103) and by adding section 518.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 103. As used in this act:
2 (a) "Assessed value", "assessed valuation", "valuation as
3 assessed", and "valuation as shown by the last preceding tax
4 assessment roll", or similar terms, used in this act, any statute,
5 or charter as a basis for computing limitations upon the taxing or
6 borrowing power of any municipality, mean the state equalized
7 valuation as determined under the general property tax act, 1893 PA
8 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.157 211.155.
9 (b) "Chief administrative officer" means that term as defined
10 in section 2b of the uniform budgeting and accounting act, 1968 PA
2
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1 2, MCL 141.422b.
2 (c) "Debt" means all borrowed money, loans, and other
3 indebtedness, including principal and interest, evidenced by bonds,
4 obligations, refunding obligations, notes, contracts, securities,
5 refunding securities, municipal securities, or certificates of
6 indebtedness that are lawfully issued or assumed, in whole or in
7 part, by a municipality, or will be evidenced by a judgment or
8 decree against the municipality.
9 (d) "Debt retirement fund" means a segregated account or group
10 of accounts used to account for the payment of, interest on, or
11 principal and interest on a municipal security.
12 (e) "Deficit" means a situation for any fund of a municipality
13 in which, at the end of a fiscal year, total expenditures,
14 including an accrued deficit, exceeded total revenues for the
15 fiscal year, including any surplus carried forward.
16 (f) "Department" means the department of treasury.
17 (g) "Fiscal year" means a 12-month period fixed by statute,
18 charter, or ordinance, or if not so fixed, then as determined by
19 the department.
20 (h) "Governing body" means the county board of commissioners
21 of a county; the township board of a township; the council, common
22 council, or commission of a city; the council, commission, or board
23 of trustees of a village; the board of education or district board
24 of a school district; the board of an intermediate school district;
25 the board of trustees of a community college district; the county
26 drain commissioner or drainage board of a drainage district; the
27 board of the district library; the legislative body of a
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metropolitan district; the port commission of 1 a port district; and,
2 in the case of another governmental authority or agency, that
3 official or official body having general governing powers over the
4 authority or agency.
5 (I) "HEALTH CARE TRUST FUND" MEANS A TRUST OR FUND CREATED IN
6 ACCORDANCE WITH THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE HEALTH CARE FUND INVESTMENT
7 ACT, 1999 PA 149, MCL 38.1211 TO 38.1216, OR OTHER STATE OR FEDERAL
8 STATUTE, AND USED EXCLUSIVELY TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR POSTEMPLOYMENT
9 HEALTH CARE BENEFITS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREES OF A COUNTY,
10 CITY, VILLAGE, OR TOWNSHIP. A HEALTH CARE TRUST FUND ALSO INCLUDES
11 THE RETIREE HEALTH FUND VEHICLE ADMINISTERED BY THE MUNICIPAL
12 EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM DESCRIBED IN THE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES
13 RETIREMENT ACT OF 1984, 1984 PA 427, MCL 38.1501 TO 38.1555, FOR A
14 COUNTY, CITY, VILLAGE, OR TOWNSHIP THAT HAS ADOPTED THE MUNICIPAL
15 EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR POSTEMPLOYMENT
16 HEALTH CARE BENEFITS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREES.
17 (J) (i) "Municipal security" means a security that when issued
18 was not exempt from this act or the municipal finance act, FORMER
19 1943 PA 202, MCL 131.1 to 139.3, by the provisions of this act or
20 by the provisions of the municipal finance act, FORMER 1943 PA 202,
21 MCL 131.1 to 139.3, or by the provisions of the law authorizing its
22 issuance and that is payable from or secured by a

Comment by Margaret Gustafson on January 24, 2010 at 11:04am

I put 8:00 as an end time as I don't know what the end time is. It could be 9:00. But it looks like all they are doing is questions, so maybe it won't be more than an hour.