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Pete Hoekstra: “$58 million. I think, going along the trend, you might be able to extrapolate that roughly the same if not more money…”

On the recordApril 24, 2002
$58 million. I think, going along the trend, you might be able to extrapolate that roughly the same if not more money will be flowing into traditional public schools. So that talks about the strength of this idea, $160 million flowing voluntarily into the school systems that otherwise would not be there. And that is why this is a powerful idea; people having the freedom to invest more money into education that otherwise would not.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

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Discussing the impact of voluntary funding on public schools.

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