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1	THE CHAIRMAN: All right, gentlemen, let's
2	take a five-minute break.
3	(At this point there was a short recess.)
4	THE CHAIRMAN: One last question. At the
5	hearing this morning, Jim Rennie and I reminisced about
6	the famous Bracket Bill which was a little before even you
7	came into the State, John, and that's saying quite a bit,
8	but this was a bill —
9	MR. DONAHO: I feel pretty badly, but not quite
10	that badly.
11	THE CHAIRMAN: This was a bill which found its
12	way into the legislative hopper at the time the Sherbow.
13	Commission's report was implemented that would have in
14	effect struck out the preferential treatment for public
15	schools as far as the Governor was concerned, and would
16	give him the authority to treat their suggested budget
17	just as every other department's suggested budget is
18	treated, to the extent that he could as provided by law.
19	They always put that phrase in, as provided by law. That
20	will take care of everything.
21	Of course, there was a big political wing-ding