Lynn C. Woolsey: “I am standing to support the amendment of the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Holt) to the amendment because it is…”

“I am standing to support the amendment of the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Holt) to the amendment because it is consistent with Ed-Flex. Often schools waivers from Federal regulation and returning in return for increased accountability. We cannot have waivers if we do not have accountability because then we have an open ended shoot that we could end up undoing and redoing our entire Eisenhower program. We must protect the emphasis on math and science education, and we have to ask schools to explain how they will meet their training needs for their math and science teachers. That is all there is to it. We do not want math and science teachers that are not prepared to teach the subject they are teaching. We must give control on how these funds are used to the States and the local schools absolutely, but in return they must be accountable for the fund they receive from the Federal Government. The amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Holt) does not pull the Eisenhower program out of Ed-Flex, does not prevent local schools from using Eisenhower funding for teacher training and other subjects, does not add burdensome paperwork requirements to the waiver process. What it does is adds accountability for the waiver from Federal regulation.”