Make no mistake about it, it is critically important for our state, our small towns, the folks who want to privatize public education, close those small towns down, that's not what will help rural America grow. The bottom line is The federal government needs to fund the program that they've mandated, and that's the special ed idea. That would be a great help to a lot of these school districts. But I'll tell you what isn't a great help, is the fact that last legislative session, and I'm a former school board member, I spent nine years on it. (56:50–56:56)
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Asserts that the federal government should fund the special education program it has mandated.
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