Political Quotes

“this is yet another amendment that conditions funding to our public schools under the guise of wanting in- person learning, when in reality withholding this funding is counter to everyone's goal. But this amendment goes a step further. It strips much needed funds from our public schools that want to reopen for in-person learning and implement safety protocols that are aligned with local public health guidance in order to create a voucher program. That is right. This amendment takes money from public schools that serve 90 percent of our students and sends those funds to private schools. It is unclear to me if our colleague's goals are really about reopening public schools or just about advancing long-term ideological goals. If we only provide funding to schools that are physically open, schools in communities with high transmission rates of COVID-19 will not receive the resources necessary to implement safety health protocols. Conditioning funds undermines our ability to actually get our students back into the classroom. Let's stop wasting time and pass the American Rescue Plan so those resources can get to our schools and our students. Vote on Amendment No. 969”