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Frank Riggs: “I just want to point out how absurd the arguments are in opposition to this, because the District of Columbia is already…”

On the recordApril 30, 1998
I just want to point out how absurd the arguments are in opposition to this, because the District of Columbia is already relying extensively on private schools. This is the Washington Post, April 28, and I quote, ``The District of Columbia, which is under court order to test and place students with special needs, is spending more than $40,000 a pupil,'' you heard me right, $40,000 a kid in some cases, ``to pay tuition, transportation and other costs of private schools because the city lacks a sound special education program. More and more parents are insisting that their children be classified as having special needs because it is a way out of the District of Columbia public schools.'' ... I submit that that is concrete evidence of neglect, incompetence and mismanagement.
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Frank Riggs
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Discussing the issues with special education funding in the District of Columbia.

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