[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 120 (Thursday, September 11, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H7205]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          LOCAL SCHOOL CONTROL

  (Mr. METCALF asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. METCALF. Mr. Speaker, I once asked the Washington State 
superintendent of public instruction a question: What would happen in 
the classrooms of our State if we cut your budget 50 percent? His 
answer, most of what our office does is to counsel and help local 
school officials to cope with all the Federal rules and regulations.
  This is a very good answer. The very best and most simple thing we 
could do to improve education is to eliminate Federal rules, 
regulations, and endless bureaucratic redtape and return control of 
local school districts and school power to school boards.

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