the other thing, too, when we talk about innovative programs like that where we get schools together on a county level or whatever to do something innovative, it is often difficult to get the local board of education to contribute dollars to something like that because they are locally based, and they figure it is taking it away, and so on. So that is a perfect example of where the Federal dollars become very attractive, and become a tool to provide excellence and to improve and provide more opportunities for public education.
Frank Pallone: “the other thing, too, when we talk about innovative programs like that where we get schools together on a county level…”
On the recordOctober 22, 1997
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Discussing the challenges of funding innovative educational programs at the local level.
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