And I think all nine really did; because to extend that learning time, you have to have transportation.

I think we really need to look at some of those programs. And those things that aren't working and if there's no data to support that they're working, we ought to get rid of them.

So essentially you got an increase in the budget that you could use there in your school because you were one of the 20 schools?

I'm not the chair of that committee. But Senator Harkin who is, has authorized us to have this hearing.

We hope that we can use some of these insights in the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind.

That's very nice. Thank you.

I certainly didn't like that idea when I was going to school.

Thank you for the opportunity to address you and talk about this important topic here today.

I think it's great that we're doing that. It's a feather in your cap that we were chosen to do it.

Let me ask about this problem with the loss of competence on the part of kids during the summer break.

You literally saved our school year. Thank you.

our schools need both.

Senator Bingaman and members of the committee, I want to say that we can't do it alone and that Full-Service Community Schools cannot be underestimated or understated.

Thank you all for coming today. And we hope to have a good discussion here for the next hour and 25 minutes.

I think online learning opens up a whole world to our students that many of them don't have access to.

This is a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.

Thank you, Chairman Klobuchar, for calling this hearing into an issue that is of great concern to families in New Mexico and around the country.

Science should drive decisionmaking and that we should take precautions when we expose children to potentially toxic chemicals.