It is time for Congress to demonstrate that we are committed to this sevenyear Presidential initiative. as implied in the 1999 budget appropriation agreement. so that school districts can count on having the financial resources they need to carry out this plan. I support providing local schools some flexibility with federal funding so that they can best serve the needs of their students and foster local reform. It sounds good. but not at the cost of cutting resources from special needs populations of low income. disabled. or immigrant children. Flexibility must be done only with proper measures of accountability in place. We must ensure that federal elementary and secondary education funding will continue to be targeted to the students who need it most.
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