The School Budget Validation Process: Stronger Voting Rights and Real Budget Savings for Maine Taxpayers
January 25, 2010Author: Steve Bowen
Source: MHPC
Today, Maine’s Legislature will begin debate on LD 1739, "An Act To Remove the Requirement that the Annual Budget of a Regional School Unit Must Be Approved at a Budget Validation Referendum." This bill, sponsored by seven Republican state legislators and two Democrats, would not only remove from state law the requirement that all school budgets be put out to taxpayers for a referendum vote, it would repeal the budget validation law entirely.
