'As Immoral As It Is Illegal': Betsy DeVos Accused of 'Siphoning' Pandemic Relief Funds to Private

[Nevilledog]

‘As Immoral As It Is Illegal’: Betsy DeVos Accused of ‘Siphoning’ Pandemic Relief Funds to Private Schools

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/as-immoral-as-it-is-illegal-betsy-devos-accused-of-siphoning-pandemic-relief-funds-to-private-schools/

A coalition of public schools and parents joined the NAACP in a lawsuit accusing U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos of unlawfully funneling pandemic relief funds away from economically disadvantaged schools to disproportionately benefit the coffers of wealthier private institutions.

The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., claims that DeVos illegally issued a rule re-allocating $13.2 billion in congressionally-approved Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds to benefit private schools rather than public schools under a disputed aid formula.

Under the CARES Act, public school districts were directed to calculate the amount of money to allocate to disadvantaged private school students based on the number of local students from low-income homes who attend private school.

However, according to the lawsuit, DeVos issued guidance “purporting to interpret” how districts should apportion private school funding that directly contradicts that language of the law.

“Contrary to the Act’s plain language, the Guidance Document directed [districts] to apportion CARES Act funds for private schools based on the total number of private-school students residing in the district, as opposed to the number of low income private-school students,” the complaint stated.

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[Maeve]

1. It's getting hard to muster another ironic use of "Shocked. Shocked I tells ya"

No one can get shocked at anything they do anymore.

[Volaris]

7. True, but it IS getting easier to use very inappropriate slurs, ESPECIALLY where Betsy is concerned.

13 BILLION DOLLARS. how many virtual classrooms is that betsy?
How many children will have to die now because those classrooms wont exist, for that amount of grift?

[a kennedy]

2. and are you fawking kidding me??? Oh, that's right that's what this swamp does.

[mr_lebowski]

3. In a country with actual Rule of Law, people would go to jail for this obvious corruption ...

If this were China, Betsy DeVos would be looking at the friggin' Death Penalty.

[smirkymonkey]

4. I absolutely HATE that woman!

She is evil to the core!

[Hortensis]

5. Reminds that studies show many very devout people routinely

break the laws God requires others to follow, often very egregiously, somehow feeling,...what? A special dispensation or relationship?

Whatever, I'm guessing it'd be no easier to convince DeVos that she is not motivated by the highest principles and always serving her god's wishes than it would be to convince Trump that he and his are very inferior beings.

[safeinOhio]

6. Amway is not my way.

Not the American way either.