“We've got to get the courts out of our classrooms, and the state must be committed to meeting the funding requirements of public education. At the same time, we must also recognize that the old way of doing things _ of simply raising taxes and increasing spending _ will not suffice.”
Asa Hutchinson
“Discrimination is on its face wrong. Funding it with state tax dollars is unacceptable. Our tax dollars should not fund a religious institution that teaches by example how to discriminate.”
Christina Gilgor
“It's basically to make up for the state funds that are not going to be given, based on the funding changes for all schools.”
Shelly Korengel
“We don't believe that fulfilling 65 percent of a pledge to fund the pensions fully meets the commitments that were made during the campaign.”
Bob Master
“Dr. Lott managed significant reductions in state funding over the first four years of his administration without cutting funds to the arts. He secured funding for the construction of the Jefferson Davis Campus (JD) Arena Theatre in Gulfport and the renovation of the college's existing arts facilities. Finally, he implemented a leadership-development program with a strong connection to the arts. All this made him an obvious choice for this award.”
Mark Butler
“Of our general fund, 20 percent of Pleasant Grove's is provided by the state, ... The other 80 percent of funds necessary to operate our district come through local revenues.”
Margaret Davis
“(The court) appointed a master, and the Legislature did fund the courts.”
William Costopoulos
