Political Quotes

“I do not rise to speak for or against charter schools. As a matter of fact, I tend to think that I could be supportive of charter schools. However, for many years now, I have been involved in trying to stop the rip-off of our Pell grants and Stafford loans by private postsecondary schools. I have worked with some people on the opposite side of the aisle. Well, lo and behold I have discovered in the Los Angeles area some wise crook has found a way to rip off this charter school. Let me tell Members what they have done. An organization that is organized as a nonprofit charter school has a relationship with the Victorville School District out in the desert near San Bernardino. They have come into the inner cities from Victorville, this Cato Institute, which has the relationship with Victorville, and it has gone to the already private schools in Los Angeles where my grandson is enrolled in one of these private schools, and have worked out an arrangement with the owners of the school to allow these children to be signed up to the Victorville School District by way of the Cato Institute. Of course, the dollars that are derived from the Victorville School District are being shared through the Cato Institute with the private schools. My grandson and the other children remain in the private schools, their parents are paying tuition fee for them every month, so now what we have is we have government funds going through the charter school to help support private students.”