Neal Dunn: “last week, right on this House floor, I was disappointed to hear a distinguished Member of the other side of the aisle…”

“last week, right on this House floor, I was disappointed to hear a distinguished Member of the other side of the aisle say that education savings accounts and school choice would operate at the expense of public schools. I would like to respond to that accusation. The key point is this: We believe absolutely, based on 200 years of evidence, that competition forces excellence, it forces improvement in quality, and it forces innovation. In many parts of our country it is very important to improve the public school system. Second, we believe it is unfair to force parents who love their children to send them to a bad school simply because they cannot afford to send them someplace else. While some continue to defend failed schools and ask for more money and create more Washington Federal programs, we have a better idea. We favor giving parents more choice. Now, some parents have unlimited choices as to where they can send their children to school, but some do not. They do not because they are poor or they face other financial constraints, and so sometimes they have no choice but to send their child to a bad school where they are not even safe. All we want to do is give them a chance at a truly great education.”