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Burgess Owens: “We have for the first time in the history, a federal school…”

Featuring: Burgess Owens, Republican | U.S. House Utah, District 4

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KUTV "Connect to Congress" Interview with Rep. Burgess Owens

Published | Video Starts at 22:52

What we need to do, first of all, is make sure every child, no matter what zip code they live in, has a chance to dream big and move forward. So that's what the choice is. We have for the first time in the history, a federal school choice process in which, which not only did tax credits, $1,700 tax credit, but parents, no matter where they are with this code, can actually ask for money to go to private, parochial, public hub. I mean, every type of school they might want to homeschooling and that's where it should be. (22:52–23:10)

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Asserts the existence of a federal school choice process with a $1,700 tax credit.

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