Let me just digress for a second. As you mentioned, about 90% of a state's education budget is provided by the state. The federal government provides about 10% of that. Correct. And The Department of Education doesn't educate anyone. It doesn't decide on curricula. It doesn't, it doesn't hire teachers, it doesn't buy books. It's a pass through agency for money that is appropriated by Congress to be spent. And it does have competitive grant programs that go to the states. (03:59–04:09)
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