Rob Bishop: “My home State has been one of the leaders in the area of equitable funding for kids, so that whether you come from a…”

“My home State has been one of the leaders in the area of equitable funding for kids, so that whether you come from a wealthy mountain resort or the inner city of Salt Lake City or a west desert rural ranching family, the same amount of money follows the kid to their schools in any situation. And we did that simply because we care about kids, and we established a fair system of disbursing the money. When we did a GI bill, the money followed the GI. Only in Washington, here, with these particular funds, where the Department of Education does not have an equitable disposal mechanism, do we find this situation in which we treat kids differently. It appears to me that some of the outside groups that may be opposed to this are simply saying they like this antiquated disposal system, which means that some title I schools get a whole lot of money, and other title I schools don't get very much money, if any at all, because we don't have an equitable system for disbursing our funds. We need to do what many States are doing right now and make sure that we have an equitable distribution system. This amendment moves us in that direction.”