Ronald Reagan actually said...

The primary responsibility for educating these children lies with the local communities and the States, and not with the Federal Government.

Remarks on Signing the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988

04/27/1988

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