11.   On education he applauded the Conservatives for taking school budgets out of control of local education authorities.

12.   The union was not opposed to devolving school budgets, he argued, but it should be to an extent decided by each local authority.

13.   Also troubling to LEARN schools is that individual school budgets have not been fully developed.

14.   And for good measure, we will eliminate their junior-high school music program at the first hint of a tight school budget.

15.   And in a state where property taxes are among the highest in the nation, some school budgets invariably fail.

16.   Another of the Democratic provisions would give principals and the school management teams more say over the drafting of school budgets.

17.   At Hart, the school budget left teachers paying for the holiday party pizza out of their own pockets.

18.   But educators say suburban parents will not let that happen because they will always pitch in to provide the special programs and equipment their school budgets cannot cover.

19.   But Gifford thought that Giuliani was overreaching by asking for line-item control of the school budget, stating that ultimate budget authority should rest with the chancellor.

20.   Crew has pledged to find money for next year and the year after in the school budget.