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Summer Lee: “You do control the enforcement mechanisms, such as the…”

Featuring: Summer Lee, Democratic | U.S. House Pennsylvania, District 12

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'You're Here Celebrating': Lee Grills McMahon On Consolidation Of DoE Programs Into Block Grants

Published | Video Starts at 03:34

Well, thank you very much for your comments and I can certainly appreciate your passion for what you were talking about. The Department of Education is a pass through of funding. We don't control curriculum in the state, certainly, but You do control the enforcement mechanisms, such as the Office of Civil Rights where we have seen very little enforcement there. You control staffing, which then trickle down, of course the policies, but also those larger funding streams that make it or don't make it to states dictate whether a state … (03:34–03:43)

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Asserts that there has been very little enforcement by the Office of Civil Rights.

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