[fr_freak]

Yeah...but...as long as there are federal dollars involved in the public education system there would need to be an audit commitee. Lessen the Federal Beaucracy sure..but still keep a some form of oversight group, smaller more pragmatic goverment involvement, which was my point.

The term "federal dollars" really translates to "money taken from tax payers". Restrict the federal government from taking so much money from the taxpayers within each state, and let that money remain local. Then schools wouldn't need "federal dollars". That is the way our federal system was originally set up. All that happens now is that the money goes from the taxpayers in a school district, to the federal government, back to the local government and, in the meantime, a huge chunk of that money has been eaten up by bureaucratic administrative costs. The money would be spent on schools much more efficiently if the money went from school district taxpayers directly to the school district.

[in hoc signo vinces]

That works too.

If no fed dollars are used...no fed oversight.

Essentially the system needs to be made more efficient, so, we're on the same page. Cirriculum is a whole nother matter, though.