Jeff Merkley said "the funds being shifted from, if you will, formula grants into competitive grants means that now the school district has to become expert grant writers." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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the funds being shifted from, if you will, formula grants into competitive grants means that now the school district has to become expert grant writers.

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Jeff Merkley

Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley discusses the challenges of shifting funding from formula to competitive grants.

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