[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 16, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E446]
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                       SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING

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                           HON. DOUG BEREUTER

                              of nebraska

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 16, 1999

  Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, this Member highly commends to his 
colleagues the following comments made by Deila Steiner, Director of 
Federal funding for the Lincoln Public Schools, which appeared in the 
Friday, March 12, 1999 edition of the Lincoln Journal Star:

       If I had to choose, we would want more special education 
     funding to meet the current obligations. Funding special 
     education at appropriate levels will keep our class sizes 
     down. They go hand and hand. Just sending us more teachers 
     who are unprepared and new isn't necessarily going to serve 
     the children.

     

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