Please include the following statement from Rep. Heath VanNatter (R-Kokomo) in your coverage of today's announcement made by Speaker Bosma, Gov. Daniels and Senate President Pro Tempore Long.
STATEHOUSE - "The news to increase education funding by $150 million and increase the implementation of full day kindergarten for all Hoosier school districts is encouraging and I support the initiatives of Governor Mitch Daniels, Speaker Brian Bosma, and President Pro Tempore David Long as this is another step in advancing education reforms in Indiana.
"Our students and teachers voiced their desire for these initiatives and we are now carrying out those ideas."
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Rep. VanNatter serves District 38, which includes all of Clinton county, and parts of Boone, Hamilton, and Howard counties. For the 2011 legislative session, Rep. VanNatter is the vice-chairman of the Utilities and Energy Committee, and a member of the Courts and Criminal Code Committee, Environmental Affairs Committee, and the Local Government Committee. |
