This document records testimony from a hearing before the Committee on Education and Labor that was held to discuss how underfunding public education shortchanges America's students, parents, teachers, and communities. Member statements were presented by: (1) Honorable Robert C. Scott, Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor; and (2) Honorable Virginia Foxx, Ranking Member, Committee on Education and Labor. Witness statements were presented by: (1) Sharon L. Contreras, Superintendent, Guilford County Schools; (2) Anna King, Board Member, National PTA, Past President, Oklahoma PTA; (3) Ben Scafidi, Professor of Economics and Director, Education Economics Center, Kennesaw State University; and (4) Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers. Additional submissions include: (1) Dr. Scafidi: Letter dated February 26, 2019 to Chairman Scott; (2) Chairman Scott: Letter dated January 2, 2019 from Rebuild America's Schools; Report: No Time to Lose; Report: How Money Matters for Schools; Report: A Punishing Decade for School Funding; Report: the Case for Federal Funding for School Infrastructure; Report: State of Our Schools; Report: Fixing Chronic Disinvestment in K-12 Schools; Coalition for Healthier Schools, Support: Rebuild America's Schools Act, H.R. 865; Release: Build America's School Infrastructure Coalition (BASIC); Letter dated January 31, 2019, from the National Association of Federally Impacted Schools; Letter dated January 31, 2019, from North American Concrete Alliance; Release: AFT's Randi Weingarten on the Rebuild America's Schools Act; Release: AFSCME Applauds Congressional Proposal to Invest $100 Billion in America's Public Schools; and Letter of Support for ''Rebuild America's Schools Act'' (RASA) -- H.R. 865; (3) Ms. Weingarten: Article--Dennis Smith: words of caution from experience in failed charter system (Gazette Opinion); Article: Evidence shows collective bargaining-especially with the ability to strike; Letter from Portland Public Schools, Lincoln High School; Article: We can expect more from teachers when we pay them like pros: Bloomberg and Weingarten; (4) Questions submitted for the record by: Honorable Suzanne Bonamici, a Representative in Congress from the State of Oregon; and Chairman Scott; and (5) Responses to questions submitted for the record: Ms. Contreras; Ms. King; and Dr. Scafidi.