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Congress rejects Betsy DeVos’ education agenda [thinkprogress.org]

 

Congress’ spending bill demolishes many of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ budget priorities and proposals. The bill rejects many of her proposed cuts for the department, and instead allocates more money to the Office for Civil Rights, preserves funding for before and after school programs, and keeps in place a grant program that helps provide school-based mental health services. 

House and Senate leaders released this bill, which would fund the government through September, on Wednesday evening. Devos wanted to use $1 billion on her school choice priorities, such as promoting private school vouchers, magnet schools, and charter schools, but the omnibus bill excluded funding for her school choice program. Congress would also boost department funding by $3.9 billion.

DeVos wanted to cut the department’s Office for Civil Rights funding by $1.7 million, but the spending bill increased its budget by $8.5 million. DeVos’ efforts to cut spending for the office comes at a time when racial harassment complaints at schools are rising. The department has dismissed complaints from transgender students, rolled back guidance on campus sexual assault that sexual assault survivors support, and narrowed the scope of the office’s investigations.

[For more on this story by CASEY QUINLAN, go to https://thinkprogress.org/cong...-devos-faf989464359/]

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