Political Quotes

“Let us take a look at what H.R. 2616 does. What the bill does is it increases funding for charter schools, reduces the amount of money that stays in Washington, directs the Secretary and the States to ensure that charter schools receive their fair share of other Federal funding dollars. As we have gone around the country, one of the things that we have experienced when we have taken a look at charter schools is that charter schools seem in too many cases not to be getting their fair share of Federal dollars, so we are addressing that issue, and it also then amends title VI so that in this program, money that is used for professional development, computers and technology, curriculum development and magnet schools, that there is now one more use that is allowed. If a local school district or a State wants to use the money, they can use it for charter schools. Why is this so important? As we have gone around the country, we have visited around 13 States, 15 different field hearings. Charter schools is an experiment that many of the States are working on to improve education for our children.”