Burgess Owens: “This is why we need school choice.”

“We are here to strengthen the partnerships between parents and schools so the needs of students are met. I thank the witnesses for testifying. I look forward to your insight. I'll just say this before I get started. This is why we need school choice. We have a sense of arrogance when strangers who have our kids for a couple hours a day think they are the parents. The fact we're having this conversation is crazy to me.” (00:46–00:48)

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