I just want to correct a statement made by the chairman of the full committee. There are not 112,000 public elementary schools in this country. There are only 61,000. And the money from this bill will be targeted for grades K through 3. So we are not talking about 112,000 schools that this money will go to.
Correcting a statement about the number of public elementary schools during a discussion on education funding.
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