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Barbara Boxer: “So this bill that purports to do something for our children, in essence, is a pink slip for 29,000 teachers across this…”

On the recordSeptember 28, 1999
So this bill that purports to do something for our children, in essence, is a pink slip for 29,000 teachers across this country who were hired under the Clinton-Murray initiative to lower classroom size; is that correct?
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Addressing the impact of a bill on teachers and classroom sizes.

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