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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “This idling provision makes a difference. We're talking…”

Featuring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 14

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Rep. AOC on BUSES Act: "I'm requesting for us to preserve our freedom to protect our children."

Published | Video Starts at 06:02

… have to fight and scrap for every tiny thing so that every child can get a 1% chance, a 5% chance at improving at any small outcome that they have. This idling provision makes a difference. We're talking about the difference of 10 to 15% points on a standardized test score. That's the difference between a kid getting a 60 on a state test and a kid getting an 85. The number of pollution and smog that they are being choked with that surrounds that school. (06:02–06:13)

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Asserts that the idling provision affects standardized test scores by 10 to 15 percentage points.

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