Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record a memorandum on the Colorado-Tennessee working group on effective regulation and assessment systems for public education, which outlines the roles Senator Bennet, myself, Secretary Duncan, along with Governor Haslam of Tennessee and Governor Hickenlooper of Colorado, will have. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Go-TN Working Group on Effective Regulation and Assessment Systems for Public Education The structure of the working group will be as follows: Co-Chairs: Sen. Michael Bennet, Sen. Lamar Alexander, Secretary Arne Duncan, Governor Bill Haslam, Governor John Hickenlooper. Charge: (1) Examine Federal, State, and local regulations governing public schools in Colorado and Tennessee. a. Differentiate between financial, programmatic, general education, special education, and civil rights requirements. b. Identify which governmental entity requires each regulation. c. Measure cost of compliance in terms of funds spent on compliance and time in hours and personnel. d. Identify duplicative, redundant, or unnecessary regulations at each governmental level. e. Investigate how Federal, State, and local interpretations of laws and regulations create additional or unnecessary burden and are used as rationale (or cover) for imposing requirements that are not actually mandated by law.…”