Russ Feingold: “as the Senate returns from its August recess this week, students, teachers, and school personnel across Wisconsin and…”

“as the Senate returns from its August recess this week, students, teachers, and school personnel across Wisconsin and around the country are settling in for a new school year. Each new school year brings with it the promise of things to come. Students will embark on new educational paths, with new subjects and teachers and, in some instances, new classmates. Some students are entering school for the first time, while others are beginning their middle or high school careers. And some are embarking on their senior years in high school and are preparing to make the transition into the next phase of their lives. All of these students, and their parents, are facing new challenges and new opportunities. We owe it to them to provide the resources promised by the Federal Government to support our States and local school districts. Throughout our Nation's history, the education of our children has been viewed as a largely local and State responsibility, and the Federal Government has wisely left decisions affecting our children's day-to-day classroom experiences up to the schools, districts, school boards, and State education agencies that bear the responsibility for-- and most of the cost of--educating our children.”