George Miller: “If we are going to spend $150 million of the public's money, we have some obligation to spend it in that area where we…”

“If we are going to spend $150 million of the public's money, we have some obligation to spend it in that area where we have some evidence that it will be an effective expenditure of the moneys. These kinds of reforms that are suggested in this legislation are those reforms that have years of research and demonstration behind them as to their effectiveness. There may be districts that want to reform in some other manner. Fine. Go ahead. But for those who believe, because this is not a matter of a demonstration. There are hundreds of school districts and hundreds of schools that are engaging in one or another of these programs, a total of thousands, where local communities, local school boards, local school administrators have initiated the effort and are reaping the benefits.”