Heidi Alexander: “I offer this amendment on behalf of Senator Paul and myself, with Senators Toomey and McConnell cosponsoring. It is…”

“I offer this amendment on behalf of Senator Paul and myself, with Senators Toomey and McConnell cosponsoring. It is designed to help 11 million low-income children in this country. We appropriate $14.5 billion every year through our title I Federal funding. It is supposed to go to them but it doesn't get there. That is agreed upon by both the left and the right. For example, Marguerite Roza, writing for the Center for American Progress, says the difference between school expenditures is often substantial, and she pointed out the money goes to schools where teachers are paid more but the children aren't necessarily the poorer children. So the poorer children--the ones we intend to help--are left in schools with less money. And sometimes the money can add up to quite a bit. The same analysis has been found by the Fordham Foundation--I would say that is a center-right organization--because of the Federal formula we use. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time has expired.”