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William F. Goodling: “See, this goes back to the idea that I used to hear, year after year after year. They say, well, we need more money in…”

On the recordMarch 13, 1996
See, this goes back to the idea that I used to hear, year after year after year. They say, well, we need more money in the program because we are only covering a small number of the children. And I would say what are you covering them with because that is very, very important. So we had a 180 percent increase in Head Start funding which translated into a 39 percent increase in participation. Now, if we have to increase funding 180 percent every time to get a 30 percent increase, there is not enough money in the world to ever get around to full participation. So, you know, it was just the idea: more money, more money, more money. Nobody paid any attention about quality. Just more money.
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William F. Goodling
Pennsylvania
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Discussing the effectiveness of funding increases for the Head Start program.

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