David Weldon: “we are all concerned about educating our Nation's children. For 30 years the Federal Government has been creating big…”

“we are all concerned about educating our Nation's children. For 30 years the Federal Government has been creating big Federal programs to try to improve education. It has resulted in lower scores and more bureaucracy. Federal education dollars should go directly to the classroom and to teachers, not to State and Federal education bureaucracies. By passing H.R. 3248, Dollars To The Classroom, we can send these dollars to teachers who know the names of our kids. The Dollars to the Classroom Act block grants 35 K-through-12 education programs and requires that 95 percent of these funds are made available to kids and teachers in the classroom. Under the Dollars to the Classroom Act, $800 million more will be spent directly on classrooms in America. That is almost $10,000 per school, $425 for each classroom. Just imagine what our teachers could do with an additional $425 to spend directly on their students' learning each year. Pass Dollars to the Classroom.”