George P. Radanovich: “S. 941, as reported by the Committee on Resources, incorporates a number of legislative initiatives affecting…”

“S. 941, as reported by the Committee on Resources, incorporates a number of legislative initiatives affecting California... S. 941 is very important for it includes language authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to provide supplemental funding and other educational services for Yosemite Valley, El Portal Elementary, and Wawona Elementary Schools located in or within Yosemite National Park. Since the devastating 1997 Merced River flood, there has been a dramatic reduction in park employees, and thus, fewer school children attending these schools, and fewer State dollars are committed. The result is that the superintendent for Yosemite National Park and the concessionaire serving park visitors cannot attract first-class candidates to work in the parks because families are not provided adequate schools. Also included in S. 941 is language authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to locate facilities, including transportation systems, outside the boundaries of Yosemite National Park.”