Political Quotes

“I discussed the amendment with my good friend from New Hampshire. The way I have dealt with the modification is to take out the section that speaks to the specific kinds of comparability issues such as class size, teachers, and the like. My intention was not to suggest we ought to have identical class size standards set by the Federal Government or to mandate how States should provide equal educational opportunity, but rather to ensure that they do provide it. Therefore, I have left the language basically as it has been for 36 years when dealing with school districts; that is, achieve comparability of educational opportunities, except to apply it to States, as well. As I pointed out, we have school districts in this country that have student populations in excess of the population of 27 States, and they have been able to deal with comparability, without, to use the example that concerned my friend from New Hampshire, infringing upon charter schools or magnet schools.”