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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
June 25, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
IN CEREMONY FOR G.I. BILL OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CHILDREN
The South Lawn
10:20 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Welcome, all. Hey, we're glad you guys
are here. Welcome, welcome, and pleased be seated. All you kids,
welcome to the South Lawn of the White House. And to the Vice
President and Mrs. Quayle and Secretary Alexander, a warm welcome.
A particularly warm welcome to the members of Congress, both House
and Senate, that are with us today. Welcome to all of you, our very
special guests, on this special occasion.
I have just come from a working session in the White
House, working with some of the great experts on school choice. And
the parents, I think, made the most significant contribution to our
working session because their dreams for their kids are the same
dreams that all of us have. And they want their kids to have a
first-class education. And they know from practical experience that
a good education is absolutely essential to making a good living and
to making a good life.
So let me just share a little from that meeting.
Janette Williams told me about her son, Javon. The Williamses are
here with us somewhere here today -- whoops, here she is over here.
Her kid starred on 60 Minutes, and that says something about the guy.
If you go on that program and come off in one piece, he must be doing
real well. (Laughter.) But she gave us -- here's what she said --
and this is serious. She said: "At his old school that was crowded,
he used to get so bored that he would walk out. And thanks to the
choice program in Milwaukee, he's at a new school. And he's not
doing those things anymore. He's doing his homework; he's even
helping clean up the classroom after school. And they took the
energy and turned it around."
Now, the Governor here, Tommy Thompson, the Governor of
Wisconsin, is here with us today. I'm sorry that Polly Williams,
who's been at the forefront of the school choice movement couldn't be
here, but she's at home looking after her mother. I would salute her
values, but we miss her very, very much. Together, Polly and Tommy
Thompson, the Governor, have taken the lead in helping parents like
Janette Williams realize her dreams for her son Javon -- creating
scholarships for 1,000 Milwaukee children from low-income families so
that they can attend private schools. Now, theirs is a bold
experiment, to give low-income families more of the same choices of
schools already available to wealthier families.
Mike Joyce of the Bradley Foundation was also in our
meeting. And Bradley recently joined with other foundations and
Milwaukee businesses to raise $3 million dollars so that Milwaukee's
low-income families will be able to choose their family's schools,
including the religious schools. Mike told us this morning that
parents picked up every one of the 4,500 scholarship applications,
the day after the scholarships were announced -- 4,500, that fast.
And don't let anybody tell you that the people of Milwaukee don't
care about their kids' education.
No one should underestimate what's at stake here. A
revolution is underway in Milwaukee and across this country, a
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revolution to make American schools the best in the world. And I
salute out Secretary of Education who is helping lead that
revolution, Lamar Alexander. (Applause.)
Together with the nation's governors, we've set six
ambitious national education goals. And I might say that this wasn't
a partisan move; Democrats and Republicans alike of the governors
coming together to set six ambitious national education goals. And
in 44 states and 1,400 communities, we've already launched America
2000 to meet these goals.
Even earlier, still, in January 1989, just before I was
sworn-in as President, we helped organize the White House Conference
on Choice in Education. We believed then and we believe today, a few
fundamental truths. We believe that parents are their children's
first teachers. (Applause.) Parents, not bureaucrats, know what's
best for their kids.
And at this point I would like to salute one of the two
in purple, Barbara Bush -- (laughter) -- for her pointing this out to
parents. That it's what they do, what happens in their home.
(Applause.) And Barbara's done a lot of that here and around the
country. And I might say that Marilyn Quayle's taking that same
message of parental involvement all across our country, and we're
very grateful to her. (Applause.) So it is our belief, then, that
parents, not the government, should choose their children's schools.
And so today I am proposing that we take another giant
step forward in this revolution. And I am sending to Congress
legislation that would authorize an amibitious demonstration program,
a $1.5 billion new federal dollars to help communities all across
America give $1,000 scholarships to children of middle and low-
income families, so they can choose which schools their kids will
attend. (Applause.)
This revolution is in the greatest American tradition,
and we've done it before and it's worked. Forty-eight years ago this
very week, President Roosevelt signed the GI Bill, creating
scholarships that veterans could use at any college -- any college of
their choice. The GI Bill created opportunity for Americans who
never would have had it, and in doing so it helped create the best
system of colleges and universities in the world.
And now we can do that again, this time by helping state
and local governments -- and we're delighted the Mayor of Milwaukee
is with us here today -- this time by helping state and local
governments create the best elementary and secondary schools in the
world. The GI Bill for children will help. It'll provide that help
to these families. These dollars to spend at the schools of their
choice will become the muscle that parents need to create the best
schools for their kids.
Let me say to those who will attack our school choice
initiative on the ground that it permits government money to go to
religious schools, you're wrong. I believe those critics are wrong.
This is aid to the families, not aid to institutions. (Applause.)
And, again, if you set the clock back to the creation of that
original GI Bill, no one told the GIs that they couldn't go to SMU or
Notre Dame or Yeshiva or Howard. I haven't heard members of Congress
suggest that students stop using Pell Grants and guaranteed student
loans at Baptist colleges or Presbyterian seminaries. I don't hear
an outcry because poor children at Catholic schools get their lunch
paid for by federal taxpayers. In the same way, parents must be free
to use this money at the school they believe will best teach their
child, whether that school is public, private or religious.
(Applause.)
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Let me try to be clear on this point: Accepting
students with vouchers does not mean a school must sacrifice school
prayer. And let me say this to those who stand against extending
school choice to low-and middle-income families: I simply do not buy
the idea that someone cannot make a good decision just because that
person is poor. (Applause.) We heard the same argument when we
proposed child care vouchers for low-income families, or when we
proposed help for public housing tenants to own their own homes. And
so it's my belief that we ought to let families own their own home
and choose their own schools regardless of their income level -- and
give them help. (Applause.) Give them a shot at the American Dream,
if you will.
And finally, to those who claim that school choice will
hurt the public schools, let me underscore this point: All of this
new money can go to public schools if that's where the child chooses
to go -- where the family choose to have the kid go. And that
decision will be in the hands of families -- where it belongs.
There are several points to make about money. First, I
want to make it clear that we're not talking here about a new federal
entitlement program. The federal government cannot afford one more
entitlement, even for education. And I've said many times that money
alone isn't the answer. The United States already spends more per
student for schools than any country in the world except Switzerland.
And I don't have to tell you where we stand in the international
rankings of educational performance at the level we're talking about
here today.
Our universities and colleges are respected and have
achieved the highest levels of achievement. But that, unfortunately,
is not true as we talk about K-12. So we need a revolution in
American education -- not more money to do it the same old way.
Investment in our schools will remain a primarily state
and local responsibility. But federal support for state and local
scholarships can be a catalyst. For schools that attract choice
students, it will give teachers and principals a welcome source of
new funds. And for our children, choice can help open up
opportunities, create genuine change in our schools.
For too long, we've shielded schools from competition
-- allowed our schools a damaging monopoly power over our children.
And this monopoly turns students into statistics and turns parents
into pawns. And it is time we began thinking of a system of public
education in which many providers offer a marketplace of
opportunities opportunities that give all of our children choices
and access to the best education in the world. (Applause.)
And so it is our firm belief it is our firm belief
that this GI Bill for Children will move America inevitably in that
direction.
Abraham Lincoln once said: "Revolutions do not go
backward." Milwaukee is not the only place in America that our
revolution is underway. Last year in Indianapolis, Pat Rooney and
the Educational CHOICE Charitable Trust began to offer tuition
vouchers to Indianapolis students. And I understand a busload of
parents and students drove all night to be here today. And if you're
still awake, welcome -- a special welcome to all of you. (Applause.)
In San Antonio, the CEO Foundation has earmarked $1.5 million in
vouchers for children in their community.
California -- Joe Alibrandi and thousands of supporters
are pushing for a ballot initiative to provide voucher scholarships
for every school-age child in the state. And overall, in 1991, 10
states approved some form of new choice legislation. And 37 states
had choice legislation pending in one form or another.
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And I've been told that there may just be a few folks
here from Pennsylvania. (Applause.) We're outnumbered. Well, it
may take a few tries, but I never underestimate the persistence of
parents: The Children of Pennsylvania will have school choice.
(Applause.)
From California to East Harlem, from coast to coast, the
leaders of the school choice movement are sparking a revolution in
American education. And they're the true heroes of this education
reform, and some of them are here with us today.
They aren't afraid to stand up to the status quo -- to
say, loud and clear, that when it comes to educating our kids,
business-as-usual simply isn't good enough. (Applause.) Let there
be no mistake: Barbara and I and the Vice President and Marilyn, and
certainly our Secretary, are very proud to stand with you.
You see, this revolution will succeed. And it will
succeed because it draws its strength from the very heart of the
American creed. We have no truth more enduring than the idea that
every American should have the opportunity for a first-class
education.
We have no principles more important than freedom,
opportunity and choice. (Applause.)
So thank you very, very much. And look at it this way,
you're doing the Lord's work for our nation's future. And you're
doing for the young people of this country. (Applause.) And we are
grateful to all of you. And may God bless the United States. And
now I will sign this. (Applause.)
END
10:35 A.M. EDT
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SUBJECT:
"G.I. BILL FOR KIDS"
I've got calls in to Arsht and Rae, we'll see what they
have. Meanwhile.
QUOTES
1)
"The nation's most valuable asset is the children; for the
children are the nation of the future. All people alive to
the nation's need should join together to work for the
moral, spiritual, and physical welfare of the children in
all parts of our land."
--Theodore Roosevelt.
2)
***A woman in Chicago told Vice President Quayle: "We are
tire of schools that are nothing more than factories for
failure."
3)
"U.S. educational policy over the past three decades has
been a massive experiment that has tested whether spending
more money will result in better-educated students. The
results are in. The experiment has failed."
--John Chubb, Brookings.
JUNE 25 IN HISTORY
1)
George Orwell's birthday (I can't think of any quotes that
would really be appropriate).
*FYI: it's also Sidney Lumet's birthday.
2)
Thirty years ago, on the very day of the speech, the U.S.
Supreme Court ruled that prayer in public shools is
unconstitutional.
45. G. I. Bill of Rights
There would also be an international court of justice to deal
primarily with justiciable disputes.
We are not thinking of a superstate with its own police forces
and other paraphernalia of coercive power. We are seeking effec-
tive agreement and arrangements through which the Nations
would maintain, according to their capacities, adequate forces to
meet the needs of preventing war and of making impossible de-
liberate preparation for war, and to have such forces available
for joint action when necessary.
All this, of course, will become possible once our present
enemies are defeated and effective arrangements are made to
prevent them from making war again.
Beyond that, the hope of a peaceful and advancing world will
rest upon the willingness and ability of the peace-loving Nations,
large and small, bearing responsibility commensurate with their
individual capacities, to work together for the maintenance of
peace and security.
45 The President Signs the G. I. Bill of Rights.
June 22 1944
THIS bill, which I have signed today, substantially carries out
most of the recommendations made by me in a speech on July
28, 1943, and more specifically in messages to the Congress dated
October 27, 1943, and November 23, 1943:
1. It gives servicemen and women the opportunity of resum-
ing their education or technical training after discharge, or of
taking a refresher or retrainer course, not only without tuition
charge up to $500 per school year, but with the right to receive
a monthly living allowance while pursuing their studies.
2. It makes provision for the guarantee by the Federal Gov-
ernment of not to exceed 50 percent of certain loans made to
veterans for the purchase or construction of homes, farms, and
business properties.
3. It provides for reasonable unemployment allowances pay-
180
45. G. I. Bill of Rights
of justice to deal
able each week up to a maximum period of one year, to those
veterans who are unable to find a job.
own police forces
4. It establishes improved machinery for effective job counsel-
: are seeking effec-
ing for veterans and for finding jobs for returning soldiers and
hich the Nations
sailors.
adequate forces to
5. It authorizes the construction of all necessary additional
.ng impossible de-
hospital facilities.
h forces available
6. It strengthens the authority of the Veterans Administra-
tion to enable it to discharge its existing and added responsibil-
once our present
ities with promptness and efficiency.
ents are made to
With the signing of this bill a well-rounded program of special
veterans' benefits is nearly completed. It gives emphatic notice
ancing world will
to the men and women in our armed forces that the American
ce-loving Nations,
people do not intend to let them down.
nsurate with their
By prior legislation, the Federal Government has already pro-
e maintenance of
vided for the armed forces of this war: adequate dependency
allowances; mustering-out pay; generous hospitalization, medical
care, and vocational rehabilitation and training; liberal pensions
in case of death or disability in military service; substantial war-
Bill of Rights.
risk life insurance, and guaranty of premiums on commercial
policies during service; protection of civil rights and suspension
of enforcement of certain civil liabilities during service; emer-
itially carries out
gency maternal care for wives of enlisted men; and reemploy-
a speech on July
ment rights for returning veterans.
he Congress dated
This bill therefore and the former legislation provide the
special benefits which are due to the members of our armed
ortunity of resum-
r discharge, or of
forces - for they "have been compelled to make greater economic
ly without tuition
sacrifice and every other kind of sacrifice than the rest of us, and
e right to receive
are entitled to definite action to help take care of their special
eir studies.
problems." While further study and experience may suggest some
the Federal Gov-
changes and improvements, the Congress is to be congratulated
in loans made to
on the prompt action it has taken.
homes, farms, and
There still remains one recommendation which I made on
November 23, 1943, which I trust that the Congress will soon
it allowances pay-
adopt - the extension of social security credits under the Federal
181
45. G. I. Bill of Rights
Old-Age and Survivors' Insurance Law to all servicemen and
women for the period of their service.
I trust that the Congress will also soon provide similar oppor-
tunities for postwar education and unemployment insurance to
the members of the merchant marine, who have risked their lives
time and again during this war for the welfare of their country.
But apart from these special benefits which fulfill the special
needs of veterans, there is still much to be done.
As I stated in my message to the Congress of November 23,
1943,
"What our servicemen and women want, more than anything else, is
the assurance of satisfactory employment upon their return to civil life.
The first task after the war is to provide employment for them and for
our demobilized workers.
The goal after the war should be the maxi-
mum utilization of our human and material resources."
As a related problem the Congress has had under considera-
tion the serious problem of economic reconversion and readjust-
ment after the war, so that private industry will be able to provide
jobs for the largest possible number. This time we have wisely
begun to make plans in advance of the day of peace, in full con-
fidence that our war workers will remain at their essential war
jobs as long as necessary until the fighting is over.
The executive branch of the Government has taken, and is
taking, whatever steps it can, until legislation is enacted. I am
glad to learn that the Congress has agreed on a bill to facilitate
the prompt settlement of terminated contracts. I hope that the
Congress will also take prompt action, when it reconvenes, on
necessary legislation which is now pending to facilitate the de-
velopment of unified programs for the demobilization of civilian
war workers, for their reemployment in peacetime pursuits, and
for provision, in cooperation with the States, of appropriate un-
employment benefits during the transition from war to peace.
I hope also that the Congress, upon its return, will take prompt
action on the pending legislation to facilitate the orderly disposi-
tion of surplus property.
A sound postwar economy is a major present responsibility.
1 8 2
45. G. I. Bill of Rights
ill servicemen and
NOTE: The President laid the
sistence allowances of $65 per
basis for the G. I. Bill of Rights in
month for veterans without de-
vide similar oppor-
November, 1942, when he ap-
pendents, and $90 per month if vet-
pointed a committee of educators
ment insurance to
erans had one or more dependents
to study the problem of education
were provided under the terms of
ve risked their lives
and training of veterans of the
the original Act (these subsistence
e of their country.
armed forces (see Item 122 and note,
allowances were increased by later
1 fulfill the special
1942 volume, and Item 118 and
legislation). Specified deductions
done.
note, 1943 volume, for an account
were made from the subsistence al-
of November 23,
of the early steps taken by the
lowances if the veteran had a full-
President to provide for the post-
or part-time job while attending
war education of war veterans).
school. Provision was also made to
han anything else, is
Under the terms of the G. I. Bill
assist in the financing of on-the-job
ir return to civil life.
of Rights, as amended, veterans with
and apprentice training of veter-
ent for them and for
at least ninety days of active service
ans, including payment for tools
r should be the maxi-
part of which was between Sep-
and equipment.
:ces."
tember 15, 1940, and July 25, 1947,
The Veterans Administration
could qualify for education or train-
d under considera-
lent no money directly under the
ing, regardless of age or previous
G. I. Bill of Rights, but guaranteed
rsion and readjust-
education. An individual was eligi-
or insured payment to the lender
1 be able to provide
ble if discharged for a disability
when veterans made certain types
me we have wisely
incurred in service or if the dis-
of loans from banks, building and
peace, in full con-
charge was other than dishonorable.
loan associations, public and pri-
their essential war
Education or training was allowed
vate lending agencies and, in some
for one year plus the time served in
circumstances, from individuals. In
over.
the armed forces up to a total of
the case of home real estate, the
has taken, and is
four calendar years. Veterans were
Veterans Administration guaran-
n is enacted. I am
allowed to choose any school ap-
teed or insured loans up to certain
a bill to facilitate
proved by State authorities or
amounts to buy or build a veteran's
ts. I hope that the
the Veterans Administration, in-
residence; to make repairs, altera-
1 it reconvenes, on
cluding trade, business, and indus-
tions, or improvements on the vet-
trial schools, any grade from ele-
0 facilitate the de-
eran's home; or to buy or build a
mentary schools through universi-
dwelling to be partly rented to
ilization of civilian
ties, or farm schools.
others, and partly used by the
etime pursuits, and
For each qualified veteran, the
veteran as his or her residence. In
of appropriate un-
Veterans Administration paid up
regard to farm real estate, the
rom war to peace.
to $500 per school year for tuition
Veterans Administration also guar-
1, will take prompt
and for books, supplies, equipment,
anteed or insured loans within cer-
and fees required of all students in
the orderly disposi-
tain fixed limits to buy land or
the same course; this sum was paid
purchase or build buildings for
directly to the teaching institutions.
veterans' farming operations; and
sent responsibility.
To assist in living expenses, sub-
for the improvement of land, or
183
45. G. I. Bill of Rights
major repairs, alterations, or im-
The G. I. Bill of Rights also pro-
provements of farm buildings. In
vided for unemployment insurance
addition, loans for the purchase of
up to a maximum of $20 per week
business real estate or to make
for 52 weeks. It included readjust-
major repairs, alterations, or im-
ment allowances for unemployed
provements on buildings could also
or partially employed veterans and
be guaranteed or insured by the
for veterans in business for them-
Veterans Administration, and un-
selves but with a net income of less
der certain conditions loans to re-
than $100 a month.
finance defaulted debts on real
As of March 31, 1949, the Vet-
estate or to pay overdue taxes on
erans Administration reported that
property could be guaranteed or
about 8,500,000 veterans had re-
insured. Under the terms of the
ceived one or more payments or re-
G. I. Bill, the Veterans Adminis-
adjustment allowances and that
tration could also back part of
payments since inception of the
loans for the following: purchase
program in September, 1944, had
of all or part of a going business
totalled $2,957,000,000 for unem-
concern; the establishment of a
ployment claims. Approximately
business by a veteran; the purchase
$558,000,000 had been paid in self-
of equipment and supplies for a
employment allowances.
veteran's business or farming oper-
In the foregoing statement on
ation - including farm machinery,
signing the G. I. Bill of Rights, the
seed, livestock, and other equip-
President made a number of fur-
ment; purchase of inventories and
ther recommendations for legisla-
stock-in-trade for business or farm-
tion to aid veterans. Among these
ing operations; the supplying of
was a recommendation which he
operating capital; payment of over-
had first made on November 23,
due business taxes; and certain
1943 (see Item 26 and note, 1943
heavy household equipment, such
volume) for the extension of social
as furnaces and boilers. In general,
security credits under the Federal
the Federal Government guaran-
Old Age and Survivors' Insurance
teed up to 50 percent of such loans,
Law to all servicemen and women
and the interest rate was limited to
for the period of their service.
not more than 4 percent per year.
Under the terms of Public Law 719,
As of February 25, 1949, the Vet-
79th Congress, approved August 10,
erans Administration reported that
1946 (60 Stat. 978), such social
since the start of the loan guarantee
security credits were extended to
program, veterans had made 1,570,-
cover survivorship cases.
000 home, business, and farm loans.
At the close of February, 1948,
The loans had an $8,500,000,000 face
2,655,000 veterans were receiving
value and were insured by the Vet-
subsistence allowances under edu-
erans Administration for about $4,-
cation and training programs. A
000,000,000.
total of 1,828,000 were in schools,
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46. Philippine Independence
ill of Rights also pro-
including 1,128,000 in colleges, and
At the end of March, 1948, there
inployment insurance
596,000 were in on-job-training as
were 2,898,000 veterans and their
num of $20 per week
apprentices in business and indus-
dependents drawing compensation
It included readjust-
trial firms under contract with the
or pensions at an estimated annual
ices for unemployed
Veterans Administration.
cost of $1,795,000,000. This number
nployed veterans and
Vocational rehabilitation for vet-
of cases was a reduction of 6,000
n business for them-
erans was provided under the Act
from the peak which had been
1 a net income of less
for as long as necessary to restore
reached in July, 1947.
sonth.
a veteran's ability to work - up to
As pointed out by the President
h 31, 1949, the Vet-
a total of four years, with additional
in his statement on signing the G.
stration reported that
training beyond four years author-
I. Bill of Rights, the Federal Gov-
00 veterans had re-
ized in extraordinary cases. The
ernment by additional legislation
more payments or re-
Veterans Administration furnished
and administrative action had pro-
llowances and that
for each disabled veteran placed in
vided additional protection and al-
ice inception of the
training the necessary tuition, fees,
lowances for members of the armed
eptember, 1944, had
books, equipment, or the tools and
services, including hospitalization,
57,000,000 for unem-
equipment necessary for on-the-job
medical care, vocational rehabilita-
tims. Approximately
training. During training either in
tion (see Item 101, 1942 volume),
had been paid in self-
an institution or on the job, sub-
war-risk life insurance, veterans
illowances.
sistence allowances were provided
preference in Federal employment
egoing statement on
by the Veterans Administration, de-
(see Item 18, this volume), reem-
I. Bill of Rights, the
pending upon the nature and ex-
ployment rights for returning
de a number of fur-
tent of the disability of veterans and
veterans, and many other related
endations for legisla-
the number of their dependents.
measures.
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its were extended to
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rship cases.
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erans were receiving
adequate to provide for the mutual protection of the United
llowances under edu-
States and the Philippine Islands.
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week, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the GI Bill,
creating scholarships that veterans could use at any college --
any college of their choice. The GI Bill created opportunity for
Americans who never would have had it -- and in doing so, it
helped to create the best system of colleges and universities in
the world.
And now we can do it again -- this time by helping state and
local governments create the best elementary and secondary
schools in the world. The GI Bill for Kids will provide that
help. These dollars to spend at the schools of their choice will
become the muscle parents need to create the best schools for
their children.
Let me say to those who will attack our school choice
initiative on the grounds that it permits government money to go
to religious schools: You are mistaken. This is aid to families,
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seminaries. I don't hear an outcry because poor children at
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school they believe will best teach their child -- whether that
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buy the idea that someone cannot make a good decision just
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we proposed child care vouchers for low-income families -- or
when we proposed help for public housing tenants to own their own
homes. I say: Let families own their own home, choose their own
schools -- regardless of their income appl Give them help in
climbing their own ladder, so that they too can grab a share of
the American Dream.
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money alone is not the answer. The U.S. already spends more per
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international rankings of educational performance. We need a
revolution in American education -- not more money for the status
quo. conges
Investment in our schools will remain primarily a state and
local responsibility. But federal support for state and local
scholarships for children of middle and low-income families can
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be a catalyst -- it can help open up opportunities, create
genuine change in our schools.
For too long, we've shielded schools from competition --
allowed our schools a damaging monopoly power over our children.
This monopoly turns students into statistics and parents into
pawns. It is time we began thinking of a system of public
education in which many providers offer a marketplace of
opportunities -- opportunities that give all of our children
choices and access to the best education in the world.
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The GI Bill for Children will move America inevitably in
that direction.
[Janette Williams] and the parents I visited with this
morning know that what was enough education for them isn't enough
for their kids -- or for them, today. They know their children
are growing up differently. They see teachers are stymied and
kids are bored -- because schools are in a time warp, designed
for another age.
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attention, check the homework, turn off the television. That
it's not just teachers, as the African proverb says, "It takes an
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together.
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truth more enduring than the idea that every American should have
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Since I took office in 1989, 12 states have passed major
choice legislation and in 1991 37 states considered choic
legislation.
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June 24, 1992
3:00 p.m.
[GI]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: G.I. BILL FOR CHILDREN
THE WHITE HOUSE
JUNE 25, 1992
10:15 A.M.
Welcome, all of you, to the White House. // I have just
come from a working session with parents from Milwaukee. Their
dreams for their children are the same dreams all of us have.
They want their kids to have a first-class education. They know
that a good education is absolutely essential to making a good
living, making a good life.
Let me tell you what Janette Williams told me about her son
Javon Williams: ["At his old school that was crowded, he used to
get so bored he would walk out. Thanks to the choice program in
Milwaukee, he's at a new school. He's not doing those things any
more, he's doing his homework and even helping clean up the
classroom after school. They took the energy and turned it
around. "]
Governor Tommy Thompson and state Representative Polly
ck/
Williams were also in our working session, along with Howard
Fuller, the superintendent of Milwaukee schools. They have taken
the lead in helping [Janette Williams] realize her dreams for
[Javon] -- creating scholarships for 1,000 Milwaukee children
from low-income families so they can attend private schools.
Theirs is a bold experiment: to give low-income families more of
the same choices of schools already available to wealthier
families.
2
Representatives of the Bradley Foundation and several other
Milwaukee businesses were also in our meeting. They recently
pledged $3 million to increase the number of number of
educational choices -- including religious schools -- for
Milwaukee's low-income families. They told me this morning that
parents picked up every one of the 4500 applications -- the day
after the scholarships were announced.
No one should underestimate what is at stake here. You
wouldn't know it to watch the evening news, but a revolution is
underway in Milwaukee and across this country -- a revolution to
make American schools the best in the world. Together with the
Nation's Governors, we have set six ambitious national education
XX
X
Witney
goals -- and X in 44 states and fourteen hundred communities, we
X
X
X
Carm
have launched America 2000 to meet those goals.
Even earlier still, in January 1989, before I was sworn in
as president, I helped organize the White House Conference on
Choice in Education. We believed then -- we believe today -- a
few fundamental truths. We believe that parents are their
children's first teachers. Parents, not bureaucrats, know what's
best for their children. Parents, not the government, should
choose their children's schools.
Today I am proposing that we take another giant step forward
in this revolution. I am sending Congress legislation that would
authorize an ambitious demonstration program -- a half billion
new federal dollars to help communities all across America give
3
$1,000 scholarships to children of middle and low-income families
so they can choose which school their kids will attend.
This revolution is in the greatest American tradition.
We have done this before -- and it has worked. 48 years ago this
week, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the GI Bill,
creating scholarships that veterans could use at any college --
any college of their choice. The GI Bill created opportunity for
Americans who never would have had it -- and in doing so, it
helped to create the best system of colleges and universities in
the world.
And now we can do it again -- this time by helping state and
local governments create the best elementary and secondary
schools in the world. The GI Bill for Children will provide that
help. These dollars to spend at the schools of their choice will
become the muscle parents need to create the best schools for
their children.
Let me say to those who will attack our school choice
initiative on the grounds that it permits government money to go
to religious schools: You are mistaken. This is aid to families,
not aid to institutions. No one told the GIs they couldn't go to
SMU or Notre Dame or Yeshiva or Howard. I haven't heard members
of Congress suggest that students stop using their Pell grants
and guaranteed student loans at Baptist Colleges or Presbyterian
seminaries. I don't hear an outcry because poor children at
Catholic schools get their lunch paid for by federal taxpayers.
In the same way, parents must be free to use this money at the
4
school they believe will best teach their child -- whether that
school is public, private or religious.
And let me say this to those who stand against extending
school choice to low- and middle-income families: I simply do not
buy the idea that someone cannot make a good decision just
because that person is poor. That is the same thing I heard when
we proposed child care vouchers for low-income families -- or
when we proposed help for public housing tenants to own their own
homes. I say: Let families own their own home, choose their own
schools -- regardless of their income. Give them help in
climbing their own ladder, so that they too can grab a share of
the American Dream.
Finally, to those who claim school choice will hurt the
public schools -- let me underscore this point: all of this new
money can go to public schools -- if that's where students choose
to go. //
There are several points to make about money. First, I want
to make it absolutely clear this is not a new federal entitlement
program. The federal government can not afford one more
entitlement, even for education. And I have said many times that
money alone is not the answer. The U.S. already spends more per
student for schools than any country in the world except
Switzerland -- and I don't have to tell you where we stand in the
international rankings of educational performance. We need a
revolution in American education -- not more money for the status
quo.
5
Investment in our schools will remain primarily a state and
local responsibility. But federal support for state and local
scholarships can be a catalyst -- for schools that attract choice
students, it will give teachers and principals a welcome source
of new funds. And for our children, choice can help open up
opportunities, create genuine change in our schools.
For too long, we've shielded schools from competition --
allowed our schools a damaging monopoly power over our children.
This monopoly turns students into statistics and parents into
pawns. It is time we began thinking of a system of public
education in which many providers offer a marketplace of
opportunities -- opportunities that give all of our children
choices and access to the best education in the world.
The GI Bill for Children will move America inevitably in
that direction.
Janette Williams and the parents I visited with this morning
know that what was enough education for them isn't enough for
their kids -- or for them, today. They know their children are
growing up differently. They see teachers are stymied and kids
are bored -- because schools are in a time warp, designed for
another age.
They also know they have responsibilities to pay more
attention, check the homework, turn off the television. That
it's not just teachers, as the African proverb says, "It takes an
entire village to educate one child." We're all in this
together.
6
Abraham Lincoln once said: "Revolutions do not go
backward." Milwaukee is not the only place in America our
revolution is occurring. Last year in Indianapolis, Pat Rooney
and the Choice Trust Fund began to offer tuition vouchers to
Indianapolis students -- and I understand a busload of parents
and students drove all night to be here today. // In San
Antonio, the CEO Foundation has earmarked $1.5 million in
vouchers for children in their community. And in California, Joe
Alibrandi and thousands of supporters are pushing a ballot
initiative to provide a voucher scholarship for every school-age
child in the state. // Overall, in 1991, ten states approved
some form of new choice legislation -- and 37 states had choice
legislation pending in one form or another.
And I've been told today there may just be a few folks here
from Pennsylvania. /// It may take a few tries -- but I never
underestimate the persistence of parents: the children of
Pennsylvania will have school choice. //
From California to East Harlem -- from coast to coast -- the
leaders of the school choice movement are sparking a revolution
in American education. They are the true heroes of education
reform -- and some of them are here with us today. They aren't
afraid to stand up to the status quo -- to say, loud and clear,
that when it comes to educating our kids, business-as-usual isn't
good enough. And let there be no mistake: I am proud to stand
with you. //
7
This revolution will succeed -- because it draws its
strength from the very heart of the American creed. We have no
truth more enduring than the idea that every American should have
the opportunity for a first class education. We have no
principles more important than freedom, opportunity and choice.
Thank you for the work you're doing for this nation's future
-- and may God bless the United States of America.
# # #
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