Summer Lee: “That regulation was needed to protect students, particularly…”

“But as I demonstrated with Pennsylvania, the state, our my commonwealth will have fewer dollars to implement any programs. Well, we. There is less funding. However, there will also be less regulation. Yes. And That regulation was needed to protect students, particularly children with disability, from voucher programs that prioritize schools that aren't accountable to idea. It has protected immigrant students from states that overturn their legal right to a public education. It's protected Muslim and Jewish students and states where they would otherwise require that public schools display a Protestant version of the Ten Commandments and so on.” (05:10–05:19)

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