CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMOREWASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday defended deep cuts to programs meant to help students and others, including eliminating $18 million to support Special Olympics, while urging Congress to spend millions more on charter schools.
While proposing to add $60 million more to charter school funding and create a tax credit for individual and companies that donate to scholarships for private schools, DeVos' budget proposal would still cut more than $7 billion from the Education Department, about 10 percent of its current budget. President Trump proposed a $4.7 trillion overall budget this month with an annual deficit expected to run about $1 trillion.
"Do you know how many kids are going to be affected by that cut?" asked U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wisconsin, while also pointing out a recent report by a nonprofit group that concluded the U.S. government has spent as much as $1 billion on charter schools that never opened or they closed because of mismanagement or other reasons.
U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., who is chairwoman of the subcommittee that held the hearing, called the budget proposal "cruel and reckless," saying it "will hurt the middle class and low-income families that most need our help."
BetsyDeVosED I’m sorry, but you are wrong on this. Our public schools must be fixed before advocating for more charter schools. And remove Special Olympic funding? Follow Tank Schutte on Twitter, see how much being a special Olympian means.
Like many, I'm an active supporter of Public Education. I'm also honest. The Department of Education has gotten politicized, bloated, (far too) intrusive, and disfunctional. DeVos is the first Secretary to not only admit it, but act to change it.
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