Will the funding which tends to come from the feds, still be there for these special programs and the support these kids need if the department goes away? I think that is the least worry that anyone should have, because Congress appropriates [special education] money and it flows through whichever agency will be distributing it. So that money flowed from 1965 before there was a Department of Education, and it will continue to flow. (04:20–04:27)
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