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On the recordSeptember 28, 1999
If we do not make changes and if the President does not prevail with the Republicans and this bill passes as it is, we will not only lose 29,000 teachers out of the classrooms, but next year a lot of those kids who were in classroom sizes of 15 will now find themselves in classroom sizes of 30, and we are back to where we were and we have wiped out this advantage we have given some of our children. I have two more other questions.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Discussing the impact of proposed education legislation on classroom sizes and teacher employment.

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