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On the recordApril 8, 1997
We estimate that for the dollar that goes for K through 12, about 65 cents gets to the children, gets to the classroom. Thirty-five cents gets eaten up in the bureaucracy and the paperwork. Those are not impressive numbers. We can do significantly better than that.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

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Discussing the efficiency of funding in K-12 education.

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