Betsy DeVos

Education Dept. Reverses Plan to Cut Rural School Funding

Posted on Tuesday, March 10th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Erica Green, New York Times
Date: 3/4/2020
Link: Complete Article

WASHINGTON — Facing a bipartisan backlash led by Republican lawmakers, the Trump administration is backing off a bookkeeping change that would have drastically cut federal funds for rural schools – at least for a year. Betsy DeVos, the education secretary, will allow states to more easily qualify for funding under the Rural and Low-Income School… [Read More]

Senate panel rejects Trump’s proposed federal education cuts

Posted on Wednesday, September 13th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Joe Heim, Date: 9/7/2017
Link: Complete Article

The Senate Appropriations Committee voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve a spending bill that rejects President Trump’s proposed cuts to education funding for fiscal year 2018 and, for now at least, derails the administration’s goal of directing federal dollars toward promoting and expanding school choice and private school vouchers. The 29 to 2 vote on the… [Read More]

Obama Education Rules Are Swept Aside by Congress

Posted on Monday, March 13th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Dana Goldstein, New York Times
Date: March 9, 2017
Link: Complete Article

With all the attention paid to President Trump’s lightning-rod secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, and her advocacy for private school vouchers, little public notice has been paid to the action on education in Congress — where lawmakers have broader power than Ms. DeVos to make changes to the nation’s school system. Now, Congress has done… [Read More]