Bob Schaffer: “Yes. And with fewer responsibilities and more dollars passing through…”

On the recordSeptember 7, 2000

Yes. And with fewer responsibilities and more dollars passing through to the States and the school districts, it will be easier for the, I do not know how many accountants, hundreds of accountants over there in the Department of Education to be able to come back to this Congress and say, the money got to children, we can show you, we can prove it, congratulations, job well done. We are a long way from that goal, but that is our dream.

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Discussing the distribution of education funding to states and school districts.

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