Political Quotes

“I think the amendment that is being proposed by my colleague is important. It is an important amendment to the underlying legislation. We have made significant progress in the IDEA legislation, and this amendment would take it one step further. Currently, educational choice does exist under IDEA; but too often educational choice exists only for those parents who are wealthy enough to litigate to get their child placed somewhere else. With the important changes in this bill to reduce costly and needless litigation, we must restore to parents opportunities to ensure that their child receives the best education possible. This amendment is very straightforward. It does not require anything. What it says is it will allow the State to use research and innovation dollars to research and develop new education systems for IDEA children that promote customization. The intent here is very simple. Let us make sure we get the right program, the right resources, and the right skills necessary and match them with the child and allow the State the opportunity to experiment and innovate to move this process forward. This is a very, very good amendment.”