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On the recordJanuary 16, 2017
Can you assure us that your desire for charter schools is sincere, and that as the Secretary of Education you will steer away from efforts to deny traditional public schools the funding that they need to manage the charter school transition?
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Senator Whitehouse questions the sincerity of DeVos's support for public schools amidst charter school funding.

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