“At this time, the most urgent need is to restore a sense of normalcy for the more than 300,000 students displaced by the storm, ... It is just simply not the time to open up a policy debate on vouchers.”
“Our goal, ... is to do everything within our power to help public school employees and their students recover as quickly and completely as possible from the ravages of Katrina.”
“Parents in communities where school districts are financially strained were promised that this law would close the achievement gap. Instead, their tax dollars are being used to cover unpaid bills sent from Washington for costly regulations that do not help improve education.”
