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On the recordMarch 2, 1994
Nobody says how it should be done or, ``That's all you should do.'' We say, ``You should spend a minimum of 1 percent.'' They can argue that we have many other parent involvement activities that are not involved with expenditures of the Federal Government.
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Major Owens
New York

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The speaker discusses federal guidelines on parent involvement in education funding.

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