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Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Trump Issues Order for Back-Door Vouchers | Diane Ravitch's blog

Trump Issues Order for Back-Door Vouchers | Diane Ravitch's blog
Trump Issues Order for Back-Door Vouchers



Someone wrote an executive order, dated December 28, and signed Donald Trump’s name to it, declaring that the emergency conditions created by the COVID make it vital to use federal funds for vouchers. Don’t waste a minute! Scoop up federal funds and put your child in a substandard voucher school!

We know that Trump didn’t write the executive order because he’s at Mar-a-Lago nursing his grievances.

It appears to have been written by Jim Blew, who works for her and used to work for the Walton Foundation. Even if Trump refuses to concede, DeVos knows it’s over and she will use her last days in office to throw money out the door to find vouchers for private and religious schools.

Andrew Ujifusa of Education Week tweeted that the program Trump wants to use for vouchers is part of HHS, the Community Services Block Grants, and it does NOT make individual grants. Shows how desperate Betsy is to funnel money to vouchers as the sun sets on her days in CONTINUE READING: Trump Issues Order for Back-Door Vouchers | Diane Ravitch's blog