Well, I can tell you that the federal government does not control curriculum. It doesn't hire teachers, it doesn't buy books. It doesn't do any of that. What [the federal government] does is channel funding that is appropriated by Congress through to the states. And there are some competitive grant programs. Some of those, you know, could change into more block grant types of funding for states. (01:44–03:11)
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Asserts that the federal government's role is to distribute funding to states.
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