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Cass Ballenger: A more accurate way for the Democrats to look at this resolution is from the perspective of paying what we promised Paul…

On the recordMay 4, 1999
A more accurate way for the Democrats to look at this resolution is from the perspective of paying what we promised Paul before we begin to give new money and make other promises to Peter. We simply cannot neglect the fact that we promised to help pay for the education of these special-needs children and put scarce funds into other programs that do not have the same mandate. It is also important to note that if the Federal Government had begun funding IDEA appropriately, schools would have more State and local money freed up to handle local school demands like teacher/pupil ratios and school construction.
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Cass Ballenger
North Carolina

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Discussing funding for special-needs education during a markup session.

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