Political Quotes

“in IDEA, as we indicated, for instance, they were promised 40 percent of the average expenditure for students all over this country. Now, 2 years ago, that average expenditure per pupil was about $6300. If they were getting their 40 percent, we can see they would be getting $2500, $2600 for each child. Instead, when we started, they were getting about $400. We are now up to about $600 or $700. We will get to about $800. That is a long way from that $2600 that we promised. If they have that extra money, as I indicated before, they then can take care of pupil-teacher ratios. Again, this is why we negotiated for 100,000 teachers. If we need money to improve the teachers that we presently have, use it for that purpose. That is very, very important. We need to make sure they have the best quality programs they can have to become better teachers, and that is so important.”