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Kent Conrad: Amendment No. 2175 (Purpose: To express the sense of the Senate regarding elementary and secondary school modernization…

On the recordMarch 30, 1998
Amendment No. 2175 (Purpose: To express the sense of the Senate regarding elementary and secondary school modernization and construction; improving the educational environment for the 14 million children who attend severely dilapidated schools, the millions of children in overcrowded classrooms, and the 19 million children who are denied access to modern computers because their schools lack basic electrical wiring; relieving overcrowding in our Nation's classrooms; and generally helping States and school districts bring their school buildings into the 21st century)
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

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Discussing an amendment related to school modernization and construction.

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