Frank Riggs: “I can personally say, as a former school board member in my home communities and two-term school board president, that…”

“I can personally say, as a former school board member in my home communities and two-term school board president, that two essential reforms, based on my experience, would be the gentleman's efforts to lengthen the school day and also efforts in local communities across the country to reduce class size. So I thank the gentleman for bringing this program to my attention and to the attention of the chairman, the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Porter], and the other members of the subcommittee. Again, I commend the gentleman for his longstanding commitment to this issue. I can tell the gentleman that the committee's decision not to specifically allocate funds for this program is not an indication of a lack of support for its merits. Should the other body appropriate money for this program, the gentleman has my assurance and the assurance of Chairman Porter and the other conferees that we will give the program every consideration that it deserves.”