Frank Riggs: “In fact we learned from the example of Thomas Jefferson High School. We acted upon the testimony that we heard at our…”

“In fact we learned from the example of Thomas Jefferson High School. We acted upon the testimony that we heard at our hearing. In our bill, we have said under the section dealing with the permissible uses of funds, that the funding can be used by local institutions--a high school or regional vocational school--to provide, and I quote now from the bill, work-related experience such as internships, cooperative education, school-based enterprises--like we also saw up in Delaware where the kids are running a bank at Wilmington High School--entrepreneurship and job shadowing. They are all related to vocational-technical education programs. What we do not do again is attempt to micromanage, we do not dictate, we do not spell out that local schools should use any of the funding to pay for the salaries and benefits of local personnel. We do not, anywhere in the legislation, talk about support for any staff; not teachers, administrators, counselors, or coordinators.”