Judd Gregg: “Let me simply point out that this amendment, in my humble opinion, is one of the most significant ones we are going to…”

“Let me simply point out that this amendment, in my humble opinion, is one of the most significant ones we are going to take up in that it reflects and makes one of the most significant attempts to have the Federal Government become intrusive in the school systems of our country. The practical implications of this amendment are that the Federal Government will now require that every State and all its communities have comparable educational systems. But, essentially, that is a role that is inappropriate for the Federal Government. The Federal Government should not be telling the State, whatever State it happens to be--Montana, Indiana, West Virginia, New Hampshire, or Ohio--you must have a school system structured so that all your school systems are comparable; so that every school system in the entire State must do essentially the same thing from school district to school district in order to meet that comparability standard.”