Clip: Nevada 3rd Congressional District Debate

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00:00:00	DEPARTMENT AND INTERIOR.
00:00:01	ARE WE SUGGESTING THAT CHILDREN ARE LESS IMPORTANT THAN CROPS OR CATTLE?
00:00:06	>> I HAVE THREE CHILDREN THAT WENT THROUGH THE CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
00:00:11	ONE GRADUATED FROM UNLD.
00:00:16	EDUCATION IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO ME AND MY FAMILY.
00:00:19	I WANT TO ENSURE THE MONEY IS GETTING WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
00:00:23	SINCE THE DEPARTMENT WAS FORMED, WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY INCREASES IN EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS.
00:00:28	WE NEED TO TAKE THE CURRICULUM AND THE STANDARDS AND BRING IT BACK INTO STATES WHERE PARENTS ARE INVOLVED AND NOT A BUNCH OF BUREAUCRATS DICTATING WHAT KIND OF TEST NEEDS TO BE TAKEN AND WHAT KIND OF STANDARD NEEDS TO BE MET.
00:00:44	>> YOU HAVE GOTTEN IT MIXED UP.
00:00:46	THE STANDARDS ARE NOT SET AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
00:00:48	IT IS THE STATE THAT DETERMINES HOW THE STANDARDS ARE MET.
00:00:52	WHAT TESTS ARE GIVEN AN WHAT CURRICULUM IS FOLLOWED.
00:00:55	THE STATES DO THAT NOW.
00:00:57	I'M A STRONG SUPPORTER OF EMPOWERMENT WHICH I DO NOT REMEMBER YOU ADVOCATING AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ALLOW THE DECISIONS TO