[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 123 (Wednesday, September 16, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H7812]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        DOLLARS TO THE CLASSROOM

  (Mr. WELDON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELDON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, we are all concerned about 
educating our Nation's children. For 30 years the Federal Government 
has been creating big Federal programs to try to improve education. It 
has resulted in lower scores and more bureaucracy.
  Federal education dollars should go directly to the classroom and to 
teachers, not to State and Federal education bureaucracies. By passing 
H.R. 3248, Dollars To The Classroom, we can send these dollars to 
teachers who know the names of our kids.
  The Dollars to the Classroom Act block grants 35 K-through-12 
education programs and requires that 95 percent of these funds are made 
available to kids and teachers in the classroom. Under the Dollars to 
the Classroom Act, $800 million more will be spent directly on 
classrooms in America. That is almost $10,000 per school, $425 for each 
classroom.
  Just imagine what our teachers could do with an additional $425 to 
spend directly on their students' learning each year. Pass Dollars to 
the Classroom.

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