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On the recordJuly 8, 2015
Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time. If this amendment passes, school systems will have an incentive to address achievement gaps not by the hard work that it takes to close the achievement gaps, but by just manipulating the data. That is wrong, and this amendment ought to be defeated. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Salmon). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
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Bobby Scott
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