Jon Fox said "Frankly, we are looking to the point that the status quo does not live here anymore; how can we make the Congress more responsive, how can we make sure that we in fact look forward to some substantive and important changes. That is why, from my perspective, and I think as well, from yours, we need to look and make sure that the local school boards are making the decisions. Yes, we want the Federal funds for textbooks and school lunch and for transportation to go to our school districts, but we do not need national policy to tell our local school districts how to in fact make sure we are giving educational policy that our students need and our parents want. Frankly, I think the teachers want that, too. We want minimum standards, of course, but we can get maximum results by empowering local governments." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 13, 1996

Frankly, we are looking to the point that the status quo does not live here anymore; how can we make the Congress more responsive, how can we make sure that we in fact look forward to some substantive and important changes. That is why, from my perspective, and I think as well, from yours, we need to look and make sure that the local school boards are making the decisions. Yes, we want the Federal funds for textbooks and school lunch and for transportation to go to our school districts, but we do not need national policy to tell our local school districts how to in fact make sure we are giving educational policy that our students need and our parents want. Frankly, I think the teachers want that, too. We want minimum standards, of course, but we can get maximum results by empowering local governments.

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Jon Fox

Republican · Pennsylvania

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the need for local control in education funding and policy.

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