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Jack Kingston: one of the things I hear over and over again from teachers in the classroom, and I visit lots of schools, is that they…

On the recordJuly 11, 1996
one of the things I hear over and over again from teachers in the classroom, and I visit lots of schools, is that they have too much of their day-to-day routine dictated out of Washington. This type of amendment reduces the influence of Washington command and control bureaucracy and allows teachers to teach children in their home counties as they see fit. I think it is a very good amendment, and urge my colleagues to support it.
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Jack Kingston
Georgia

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Discussing an amendment aimed at reducing federal control over local education.

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