Sheila Jackson Lee: “Can you imagine what that could do? I hear that 50 percent of D.C.…”

On the recordApril 29, 2016

Can you imagine what that could do? I hear that 50 percent of D.C. children are in charter schools, but 50 percent of children in D.C. are using The Choice Program. What are we doing in America? By using this as a scapegoat, we are suggesting that we are not invested in public schools. Finally, the D.C. Mayor and City Council members, as I understand, were only advocating that: If you don't fund the voucher program, don't leave us out for the public and charter school program. There is a vigorous Choice Program in D.C. This bill undermines the public school system for all of us, and we should oppose the bill.

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Sheila Jackson Lee

Democratic · Texas

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Apr 29, 2016

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