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David Obey: “Mr. Speaker, the fact is over the last 5 years we had average annual increases for education of almost 13 percent. That…”

On the recordOctober 10, 2002
Mr. Speaker, the fact is over the last 5 years we had average annual increases for education of almost 13 percent. That progress is being brought to a screeching halt. The dollar amount in aggregate is being frozen at last year's level, which means because there are more students, especially in these needy categories, that on a per-student basis we have a real reduction in education at a time when State governments and local governments are also pulling the plug on education. The result: contrary to No Child Left Behind, there are going to be hundreds of thousands of kids who are left behind and they are going to be the most vulnerable kids in America.
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David Obey
Wisconsin
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Discussing the impact of education funding freezes on vulnerable students.

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