It was another busy week up at the Capitol. On Monday, we
stood with other civic groups, public education advocates and Legislators to
reiterate our strong opposition to the Education Investment Tax Credit. A copy
of our press release can be found here.
Throughout the week, crowds of citizens and advocates descended upon the
Capitol to advocate for their particular issues, making it difficult to
maneuver through the hallways, get in and out of elevators and pass through exceedingly
long security lines.
The Legislature’s election and re-election of Board of
Regents members occupied a long joint session on Tuesday afternoon and Thursday
ushered in debates of the one house budget resolutions. With that, the state
budget process has begun! It appears that both houses have agreed to
disentangle some of the Governor’s linkages in the budget, such as the linkage
of the Education Investment Tax Credit to the Dream Act and Tuition Assistance
Program. The process will include joint open budget conference committees,
starting with the general conference committee comprised of leadership, known
to lobbyists and advocates as the “mothership.”
Joint conference committees will begin next week, ensuring another busy
week for us up at the Capitol!
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