Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlelady for working on this important amendment. Mr. Chairman, public school choice is only as good as informational options are placed before parents. Too often, only the already enfranchised parents have the ability to choose a school that works for their kids. What this amendment ensures is that all parents are able to find publicly available information, consistent with State law, about the quality of public school options in their areas, in order to help make better informed decisions in the education marketplace. For public education to work and for competition to have a constructive impact on public education, parents and families need to be able to make informed decisions. This amendment is an important step towards helping families have the information they need to make public school choice work, to make sure that public charter schools that offer the transformational opportunity to help kids succeed have the information placed in the hands of the most at-risk families, as well as of the families who are already enfranchised through active parents. I strongly support this amendment, and I encourage my colleagues to include it in the bill.”