Judd Gregg: “The key to an authorizing bill is the policy that is laid down relative to educational reform. In this bill, there is a…”

“The key to an authorizing bill is the policy that is laid down relative to educational reform. In this bill, there is a lot of very interesting, very significant policy, the purpose of which is to depart from a course that has regrettably produced year after year of failure in educating our low-income children, and move on a course which will hopefully give our children from low-income families a better opportunity to learn and be competitive with their peers, and therefore participate in America and the prosperity of our Nation. The basic themes of the policy in this bill, as I have outlined a number of times, is that it is child centered. It involves giving more flexibility to local communities and the teachers and the parents and the principals.”