HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1996.08.29 - 24674AUGUST 29, 1996
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 96193
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE - KAY SCHMID, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISISONERS - OVERRIDE OF GOVERNOR JOHN ENGLER'S VETO
OF FUNDING FOR ADULT EDUCATION
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, Governor John Engler's recent veto of $83 million in funding for adult education is a
huge blow to programs that give many Michigan residents a second chance in life; and
WHEREAS, Governor Engler is eliminating adult education funding for people over twenty years
of age; and
WHEREAS, current adult education programs serve many young people who dropped out of high
school because of boredom or emotional problems, as well as many senior citizens who improve their self
worth by furthering their education; and
WHEREAS, most employers today still require high school diplomas or GEDs for the desirable
and better paying jobs; and
WHEREAS, the residents, employers as well as all taxpayers within the County o
ultimately benefit if the proposed funding to support adult education is restored.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
urges its legislators and representatives in Lansing as well as all other state legislators to override
Governor Engler's recent veto of $83 million in funding for adult education as the restoration of such
funding is deemed to be in the best interest of the residents of the County of Oakland, as well as all other
residents throughout the State of Michigan.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to all Oak anci—Te-q-i—mty
legislators, the Michigan Association of Counties, and all other counties in Michigan, urging and requesting
their support of an attempt to override Governor Engler's recent veto of funding for adult education.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
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Resolution #96193 August 29, 1996
Moved by Schmid supported by Kingzett the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Holbert, Huntoon, Jacobs, Kaczmar, Kingzett, Law, McPherson,
Pernick, Devine. (9)
NAYS: Dingeldey, Douglas, Garfield, Jensen, Johnson, McCulloch, Moffitt,
Obrecht, Palmer, Powers, Schmid, Taub, Wolf, Amos, Crake. (15)
A sufficient majority not having voted therefor, the resolution failed.