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<br />"- <br />r <br /> <br />.[ <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 93-002 <br /> <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION REQUESTING REORDERING FEDERAL SPENDING PRIORITIES <br /> <br />! <br />i! <br />! We, the City of New Brighton, do hereby adopt the following resolution in support of the <br />following resolution by the Mounds View School District No. 621 for new national federal <br />budget priorities for the United States of America: <br /> <br />'i WHEREAS, MoundsView School District No. 621 is committed to offering every child in <br />lour community the opportunity for a quality education; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, our nation's success in the post-Cold War world will depend on the ability of <br />America's public schools to educate each and every child; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, no single school district has the financial capacity to both build a quality <br />education program for the 21 st Century and overcome the social and economic problems <br />that prevent students from coming to school ready to learn; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union offer our nation <br />a once in-a.lifetime opportunity to rethink our national priorities; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, our competitors in the global marketplace invest more tax dollars on children <br />and elementary and secondary education than does the United States; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, federal budget savings made possible by the end of the Cold War could be used <br />to rebuild America and ensure that every child comes to school healthy and ready to learn; <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the national organizations that represent the men and women at the local level <br />who care most deeply about education, have jointly called for new federal budget priorities <br />that reflect post Cold War Realities. <br /> <br />THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that MoundsView School District No. 621 believes it is <br />time to reinvest in America. We join school districts across the United States to urge the <br />Congress and President-elect Clinton to make reordering federal spending priorities <br />America's top priority in 1993. <br /> <br />Adopted by the City Council this 12th day of Januarv , 1993. <br /> <br /> <br />ATTEST: <br /> <br /> <br />Margaret E~1~ectorICitY Clerk <br />