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Sen. Mike Lee urges shifting education decisions to states, cites son’s IEP
Summary
Sen. Mike Lee said returning more education funding and authority to states would help underfunded communities and special-education students, and described his family’s experience securing an individualized education program for his 9-year-old son.
Sen. Mike Lee (United States Senate) said in remarks recorded in the meeting transcript that more education decisions and resources should be returned to states, citing Title I funding and his family’s experience with special education.
Lee said Utah "hits above their weight in academic outcomes" and argued that shifting authority would let states better fund schools in struggling communities and meet special-education needs. "Why would you dismantle the Department of Education? I wanna…
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