2003 LEGISLATIVE SESSION TOPICS

Minnesota Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (MN-CCD) Position Papers

Introduction (from Arc MN)

The 2003 session is a budget year.  The economic slowdown continues to have a great impact on Minnesota’s budget.  The Minnesota Finance Department, in its November 2002 forecast, estimated a $4.6 billion shortfall in revenue for the next biennium (July 1, 2003–June 30, 2005).  All state government departments have been asked to prepare budget reduction proposals. 

Change Expert Follows Own Advice

by Katie Knips Ladas

In 1999, Dr. Peter Vaill, who has held the Endowed Chair in Management Education at St. Thomas School of Business since 1997, conducted a change management seminar at Courage Center.  Two years later, Vaill was personally working through a change he himself never would have anticipated:  an injury and subsequent surgery resulted in him using a wheelchair. . . .

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