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Chris Murphy: “Without some Federal requirement that kids of color or poor kids or disabled kids be treated fairly, local political…”

On the recordMay 17, 2016
Without some Federal requirement that kids of color or poor kids or disabled kids be treated fairly, local political dynamics are going to accrue to the detriment of those kids.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy warns that local politics may harm disadvantaged children without federal intervention.

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