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Bobby Scott: “If a locality is chronically underfunding certain schools, is there not an obligation to come up with some appropriate…”

On the recordJune 22, 2016
If a locality is chronically underfunding certain schools, is there not an obligation to come up with some appropriate equitable funding outside of the ESSA?
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Bobby Scott
Democratic · Virginia

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Scott questions the obligation to fund underperforming schools equitably.

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