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

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24. "grants, that makes no mention of prohibiting weapons purchases"

"Guns" are not "Academic Enrichment". This block grant is listed under the replacement law to "No Child Left Behind" called the "Every Student Succeeds Act". Under Sect. 2101, what the grants are to be used for is specifically detailed under " (c) State Uses of Funds" (and this also applies to "local uses" ) and is very explicit as to the types of activities that qualify - generally both student and teacher learning, enrichment, professional development, and professional certification programs.

What she is proposing and promoting is a violation of appropriations law, calling for making unauthorized procurements and mis-using government funds by inferring funding for something that is not explicitly designated. If anything, that sort of thing might appear under a DHS appropriation but not a DOE one.

U.S. CONSTITUTION
Article I, Sect. 9

No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articlei#section9