We are either going to live in a country where we all are equal under the law, and the law is followed, or we are going to live in a country that is dictated by bureaucrats, which one is it going to be?

the rule should be enforced equally across every school.

A quorum being present and pursuant to Committee Rule 7(c), all members will be permitted to submit written statements to be included in the permanent hearing record.

However, that is exactly what this proposed rule would do, and the consequences will be significant.

This proposal changes the long-standing policy that federal funds supplement--rather than supplant--state and local resources.

the department's proposed 'supplement not supplant' regulation...demands its own examination.

the administration was not implementing the law in a way that respects its letter and intent.

The best chance we have to accomplish that critical goal is to ensure that the Every Student Succeeds Act is implemented according to the letter and intent of the law as we wrote it.

We will do everything within this committee's power to ensure that does not happen.

your testimony is that the Department's proposal here is actually going to--it has a strong potential of hurting low-income students that Title I is supposed to help?

The methodology around that, the only requirement is that we have to be agnostic as to a school's Title I status and otherwise be fair and equitable.