The electorate\u2019s approval of House Legislative Initiative 18-12 during the general election last Nov. 4 will result in other government units having to adjust their annual earmarks, according to press secretary Angel Demapan.<\/p>\n
HLI 18-12, which increases the CNMI Public School System\u2019s 15 percent annual government appropriation by 10 percentage points, garnered 7,826 \u201cyes\u201d votes and 3,958 \u201cno\u201d votes in last month\u2019s polls.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe administration will have to crunch the budget figures when it comes time to submit the budget proposal for the new fiscal year. Obviously, as is the case every fiscal year, any adjustment made to any business unit will result in further adjustments to other units. This will all depend on revenue projections for the next fiscal year,\u201d Demapan said in an email to Saipan Tribune.<\/p>\n
PSS\u2019 annual government appropriation will now be increased to 25 percent because the majority of votes favored the budget increase.<\/p>\n
Education Commissioner Dr. Rita A. Sablan earlier told Saipan Tribune that she\u2019s grateful for the vote of confidence from the electorate on H.L.I 18-12 and in believing that the CNMI should invest 25 percent of the CNMI revenue in education and for the islands\u2019 children.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is certainly history in the making and our work to continuously improve our school system and make it the best in the region will now move forward,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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