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Story Search Results for Dick Franklin

5/08/1996 - No Action on Taxes:
The higher education budget would give $5 million to "grants for cooperation between technical schools and other community resources," said Rep. Dick Franklin, D-Independence, the bill's sponsor.
4/22/1996 - English Only Goes to Senate:
Rep. Dick Franklin, D-Independence who sponsored the bill in the House, said the committee changes made the bill more viable. "The more clutter we put in there, the more it's misunderstood," he said.
3/29/1996 - English-Only Supported by the House:
The English-only bill's sponsor, Dick Franklin of Independence, says he wants to encourage immigrants to learn English as quickly as possible. Kansas City Representative Steve McKluckie, who opposes the bill, says it could mean even invitations to public English as Second Language classes would have to be printed in English only, which the people who need the classes couldn't read. McKluckie:Actuality:
3/27/1996 - Opponents Call English-Only Bill Xenophobic:
But the bill's sponsor, Independence Representative Dick Franklin, says his bill does not discriminate.
3/27/1996 - House Debate Over English-Only Bill:
Independence Representative Dick Franklin is determined to make English Missouri's official language. But members opposing the bill, such as Kansas City's Steve McLuckie, are offering and then with-drawing so-called frivolous amendments just to make a point. After a humorous attempt to read the Latin inscription on Missouri's state seal, McLuckie asked Franklin if the symbol would have to be changed to accommodate the English-only law. Representative Franklin -
3/06/1996 - Deseg. Funding Remains:
"Appropriating this money is a safeguard," said Rep. Dick Franklin, D-Independence. "If we don't do it and a judge says we must pay this, where does it come from?"
2/21/1996 - Higher Ed Budget Unchanged:
"We have made very little changes from the governor's recommendations because they were so adequate," said Rep. Dick Franklin, D-Independence, chairman of the Education Appropriations Committee. "We feel real good about the budget this year."
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