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Trent Franks: “That is pointed out very clearly in the year 2000 where only 52 percent of staff employees in public schools were…”

On the recordMarch 18, 2004
That is pointed out very clearly in the year 2000 where only 52 percent of staff employees in public schools were teachers, about half; and many of them I am convinced that were not teachers would certainly have wanted the money to go towards instruction. If you look at the same year, only 52.4 percent of the nearly $382 billion spent nationwide on education, only about half was spent on instruction.
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Trent Franks
Arizona

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Discussing the allocation of funds and staffing in public education during a speech.

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