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Linda McMahon: “The state of Iowa is the first state to opt to take a waiver…”

Featuring: Linda McMahon, Republican | Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education | National

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Where the states have. And parents basically have more control of what's going on. Absolutely. Along with their schools. And part of that process. And we've already done it. In fact, The state of Iowa is the first state to opt to take a waiver of 2 or 3 of their grant programs and put them. We did a block grant with them. We signed the waiver for them. So that the governor, and Governor Reynolds has been wonderful. She's been very innovative in education with her states, and we've seen her scores really coming up. (48:01–48:11)

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Asserts that Iowa is the first state to take a waiver for some grant programs and receive a block grant.

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