May 15, 2002
We hear all the time from the defenders of the bureaucracy that if we move forward with these simple choice mechanisms, and we found a way to move forward with a choice mechanism that does not even affect a single penny of the money…
Bob Schaffer
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Bob Schaffer is a former U.S. Congressman who represented Colorado's 4th congressional district from 1997 to 2003. A member of the Republican Party, Schaffer was known for his strong advocacy of national defense, particularly in support of a national missile defense system. He also took firm stances on social issues, including opposition to the sale of fetal tissue from abortions. Schaffer has been involved in various political and educational initiatives following his congressional career, including serving as the president of the Colorado Community College System.
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May 15, 2002
in the State of Arizona, between 1998 and the year 2000, in the first 3 years since Arizona passed their tax credit language for education, that State raised over $30 million for schoolchildren in Arizona. These are new dollars. These were…
May 15, 2002
I want to point out again, Mr. Speaker, that the existing bureaucratic structure of education funding in America that is represented by this chart will not be affected by an education tax credit proposal. Now, that is a disappointment to…
May 15, 2002
The grant writer cares about the children too. All of these people who work in the school, they really do care about the kids. But unfortunately, the system we have created for them over the years, the system is a bunch of nonsense, and we…
May 15, 2002
And it is not just about the bills being proposed in Congress. These groups, they have organizations, sometimes they unionize, they raise money, and they spend money on campaigns. Talk about campaign finance reform. These organizations…
May 15, 2002
fairness in education should not be measured by the relationship between all government agencies. It should be measured by the relationship of children. What we have today is a system where some children win, and some children lose. For…
May 15, 2002
if I can interject, if the District really did need a new building and that was the education enrichment project that a school District chose to undertake, the way we have got the tax credit proposal written right now, that is a real…
May 15, 2002
Just as the gentleman says in the chart, the taxpayer usually knows the children. They know the children in the school. They know the teachers, the administrators; they know the programs that seem to work and which ones fail. I wish I…
May 15, 2002
Here is what it means for students and for States. In Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Inquirer just a few days ago published a story, the headline is ``Nonprofit Foundations Ease Schools' Budget Pains,'' and it talks about the Cherry Hill…
May 15, 2002
we have done the research, we have done the analysis. Sure, it would be great to have a bigger tax credit and maybe some day we will, but initially we have to start out small. There is a cost to government, there is no doubt about that…
May 15, 2002
And how many times do we hear when we as political figures are out campaigning or just in our communities from parents who say I care about the schools, I care about the kids? Even people who have no children in the schools, they are…
May 15, 2002
Right. If we think of this from the administrator's perspective, the guy that runs this school, the principal, this principal, in order to get money for the child because the principals care about the kids. There is no doubt about that in…