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Tom Coburn: “In Muskogee, Oklahoma, we would be happy to have the $700 that would come to our school district since we have a…”

On the recordSeptember 8, 1997
In Muskogee, Oklahoma, we would be happy to have the $700 that would come to our school district since we have a deficit, and one of the reasons we do is because of the mandate of IDEA on us to educate all our children, not those with just special disabilities. This debate is about priorities. We are going to spend the money.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Discussing funding challenges for schools related to the IDEA mandate.

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