mr. richman? >> two things, just to echo a reference you made on the role of the mayor of indianapolis has been critical in collaboration and medication across all schools and we sometimes see that missing, we too often see it missing in other cities. this works really well when you have someone like a mayor writing that kind of leadership across all schools. we do rank indiana's charter school for a high in our system, one of the reason for that is the ability they have for the authorizing hotties. you've mentioned there are authorizing dealers in indiana. as part of that, the indiana authorizer can actually lose its power to continue authorizing schools if it approves and lets bad schools stay open. we support that. we believe an account ability for all of our actions and that's one of the aspects of indiana's law that makes it successful. everyone is accountable for good outcomes for kids. >> with that, how important is it for the federal government to maintain the points ability of federal fun

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