Betsy DeVos wants to put guns in schools ... using money intended to educate low-income students

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Betsy DeVos wants to put guns in schools ... using money intended to educate low-income students

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/8/23/1790356/-Betsy-DeVos-wants-to-put-guns-in-schools-using-money-intended-to-educate-low-income-students
Laura Clawson

Thursday August 23, 2018 · 9:53 AM CDT

ARLINGTON, VA - MARCH 13: U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks at the National Parent-Teacher Association's 2018 Legislative Conference March 13, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia. DeVos spoke on the administration's plan "to improve school safety and the importance of parent and family engagement in education." (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)



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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos wants to put guns in schools, and she wants to use money intended to boost education in the poorest schools to do it. DeVos is considering the move just months after the Republican-controlled Congress passed a school safety funding bill that specifically did not fund guns in schools.

It’s pretty much peak Trump administration to consider taking money away from educating low-income students—money intended for “providing a well-rounded education, improving school conditions for learning and improving the use of technology for digital literacy”—to pay for guns that the vast majority of teachers don’t want.............................



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BREAKING: Betsy DeVos Is Said to Weigh Letting School Districts Use Federal Funds to Buy Guns[/b


https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142140570
Source: NY Times

Betsy DeVos, the education secretary, is considering whether to allow states to use federal funding intended to increase academic and enrichment opportunities to purchase guns for educators, according to multiple people with knowledge of the plan.

Such a move appears to be unprecedented, reversing a longstanding position taken by the federal government that it should not pay to outfit schools with weapons. And it would also undermine efforts by Congress to restrict the use of federal funding on guns. As recently as March, Congress passed a school safety bill that allocated $50 million a year to local school districts, but expressly prohibited the use of the money for firearms.

But the department is eyeing a program in federal education law, the Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants, that makes no mention of prohibiting weapons purchases. That omission would allow Ms. DeVos to use her discretion to approve any state or district plans to use grant funding for firearms and firearm training, unless Congress clarifies the law or bars such funding through legislative action.

“The department is constantly considering and evaluating policy issues, particularly issues related to school safety,” said Liz Hill, a spokeswoman for the Education Department. “The secretary nor the department issues opinions on hypothetical scenarios.”

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/us/politics/betsy-devos-guns.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur