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Frank Riggs: “I would like to clarify one more time for our colleagues that under the gentleman's proposal, and in particular the…”

On the recordJanuary 31, 1996
I would like to clarify one more time for our colleagues that under the gentleman's proposal, and in particular the Gunderson provisions, it would permit low-income parents to choose a private school if they are dissatisfied with their child's public school. So under that scenario, if a low-income family is dissatisfied with the education, the performance of the public school their child is attending, then they would have another option available to them. They would be able to choose a private school through the use of the scholarships or vouchers that are in the gentleman's bill?
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Frank Riggs
California

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Clarifying the provisions of a bill regarding school choice for low-income families.

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