On the recordFebruary 5, 2004
In fact, 14 days ago--exactly 2 weeks ago--the Senate voted 65 to 28 to help liberate Washington, DC's schoolchildren from its worst performing public schools. The bill itself was called DC Choice. The 'DC' is obviously the District of Columbia. And the 'choice' really is right at the heart of empowering parents and families and schoolchildren to participate in the decisions that we know strike right at the heart of opening that American dream and giving hope to young schoolchildren here in the District. Under the DC School Choice Incentive Act, the District will receive 40 million new dollars to support public schools and charter schools and choice scholarships. Indeed, nearly 2,000 District schoolchildren will now be able to receive federally funded opportunity scholarships to the tune of about $7,500 each in order to attend schools of their choice.
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