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On the recordSeptember 24, 2018
Allowing schools to use scarce Federal dollars to put guns in classrooms is an idea that is dangerous and dumb, and it clearly was not our intent when we wrote ESSA.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren criticizes the use of federal funds for arming schools instead of supporting education.

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