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On the recordFebruary 3, 2010
It's about making it more efficient. You and I know that with No Child Left Behind, when the taxpayer from Michigan, the taxpayer from Lansing, the taxpayer from Detroit, the taxpayer from Holland and the taxpayer from Sault Sainte Marie sends a dollar to Washington for education, it goes through the bureaucracies. It goes through the State bureaucracies. And at every juncture, a PacMan comes out and takes a piece and takes another piece; and by the time it gets to the classroom, there may only be 60 to 65 cents left.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan
Source
govinfo.gov
Feb 3, 2010

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Hoekstra discusses the inefficiencies in the education funding process under No Child Left Behind.

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