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Soldiers
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reactions are timed. During the
scenarios the soldiers are trained
tohandle, the media and to treat
wounded comrades for shock,
Melendez said.
“We teach, coach, train and
mentor our soldiers to go to
war," said Alexander Figueroa,
first sergeant of the
Headquarters Compound.
Before a unit deploys, a sol
dier fills out a Soldier Readiness
Packet, signs over power of attor
ney and makes his will, a process
latcan take hours. This ensures
lat wives and children will be
taken care of financially, said Lt.
Greg Pearson of the 4th Infantry.
Robin Hood
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Sept. 1,2005, does not offer an alternative plan for
equitable funding, said Byron Schlomach, chief of
staff for Rep. Kent Grusendorf, R-Arlington.
Grusendorf serves as chairman of the House
Education Committee that voted the sunset bill
cut of committee by a vote of 6 to 2.
Schlomach said the bill will establish a time
line for initiating an alternative funding plan,
lohnson said the bill is proof that legislators care
alioutthe issue of school funding.
“The intent (of the bill) is to force the issue to
lie table,” Johnson said.
The state constitution requires equal education
forall Texas schoolchildren, Schlomach said.
Walch said an equity sharing program is neces
sary to Edgewood ISD; Edgewood’s budget is 90
percent state money.
“We (Edgewood) wouldn't be able to have
school without Robin Hood funding,” Walch said.
Sunset requires approval by both houses of the
legislature before taking effect, but Schlomach
said it is a good sign it was approved by The
House Public Education Committee.
“The representatives won't vote against it ‘just
because,Schlomach said, “The Committee’s
approval shows it (sunset bill) has the support of
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Monday, February 10, 2003
The military supplies and
equipment are being stored in a
central location until the White
House approves sending more
troops and equipment to the
Middle East.
At least two Texas A&M
Corps of Cadets are among
more than 40,000 U.S. Army
soldiers also awaiting President
Bush’s decision about a possi
ble war.
Maj. Joseph “Doc” Mills,
spokesman for the Corps, said
the cadets are members of the
Coast Guard and Army
Reserves. Mills said he did not
have access to the names of the
cadets and that more than two
cadets may have already been
summoned.
the leadership of the house.”
Johnson said he was surprised by the legisla
ture’s progress in changing the system.
“1 never speculated (the) legislature would
come to Austin this year and fix the problem,”
Johnson said.
Norman Luttbeg, Texas A&M professor of
political science, said the sunset bill shows a gen
eral trend toward the state assuming greater con
trol of financing public education. Other states
have dealt with the same issue already, he said.
Vermont went one step past Robin Hood; its
school districts put all property tax funds into one
state fund to be distributed equally to each school
district based on school size.
Luttbeg said New Jersey responded to prob
lems with school district funding by passing a
state income tax. The state income tax reduced the
difference in amount spent per student per day
from more than $1000 to 50 cents.
He said right now, Texas has an approximate
ly $2000 difference in amount spent per student
per day between the richest and poorest school
districts.
One alternative that has been suggested to
finance public schools is a state income tax.
However, Walch said the Texas legislature cannot
pass a state income tax unless taxpayers vote in
favor of such a plan first.
Soldiers at Fort Hood have
been loading and moving mate
rials in preparation for a war
since Jan. 21, said Dirk Davis,
well operations supervisor at
Fort Hood.
Equipment and tanks are
loaded and moved to be shipped
overseas for future use at the
Deployment Ready Reaction
Facility. The cargo is then
loaded onto railheads that will
take the cargo to waiting ships
set to sail for Iraq.
“We’ve been doing this
process for almost three weeks,”
Davis said. “It takes 18 to 20
days for ship sailing, which
makes the whole process take 40
to 45 days. If someone wanted
to start something, we'd have to
be there beforehand.”
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