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David Durenberger: “This amendment is completely consistent with the mission of Goals 2000--to reform public education in America through…”

On the recordFebruary 3, 1994
This amendment is completely consistent with the mission of Goals 2000--to reform public education in America through real system reform. The ed-flex demonstration supports bottom-up reform. Its purpose is to encourage and assist States, school districts, and schools in their reform efforts by allowing States to grant waivers of both Federal and State statutory and regulatory requirements that now present barriers to education restructuring and reform. Mr. President, educational leaders in Minnesota have told me that the flexibility offered by this amendment is just what States that are on the cutting edge of reform both want and need.
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David Durenberger
Minnesota
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The speaker is discussing the Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act amendment and its impact on public education reform.

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