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Frank Riggs: “Colleagues, let us apply the commonsense test here for a moment. Will one work force development coordinator, paid…”

On the recordJuly 22, 1997
Colleagues, let us apply the commonsense test here for a moment. Will one work force development coordinator, paid through Federal taxpayer funds, be able to do what the locally elected school board cannot?
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Frank Riggs
California

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Questioning the effectiveness of federal workforce development coordinators.

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