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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBetsy DeVos would not agree to bar discrimination by private schools that get federal money.
http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-essential-education-updates-southern-more-than-100-days-into-this-1495643939-htmlstory.htmlRep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) asked DeVos about a Christian school in Indiana that gets state dollars through a voucher program but explicitly states that gay students may be denied admission. If Indiana applies for funding, will you stand up and say that this school is open to all students? Clark asked.
DeVos said states make the rules.
Thats a no, Clark said. Then she asked what if a school doesnt accept black students.
Our [civil rights] and Title IX protections are broadly protective, but when our parents make choices, DeVos started.
This isnt about parents making choices, Clark interrupted. This is about the use of federal dollars.
After a few more rounds like this, DeVos said that her bottom line is that we believe that parents are best equipped to make decisions for their schooling.
Clark said she was shocked by this response.
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Betsy DeVos would not agree to bar discrimination by private schools that get federal money. (Original Post)
Cattledog
May 2017
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Freethinker65
(10,001 posts)1. Nobody should be shocked by Betsy's response
That is who she is and what she believes. She is extremely wealthy, ignorant, hateful, and now very dangerous.
Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)2. This. Thank you.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)3. DeVos needs to go with the rest of them. She is a complete disaster.
Woefully unqualified and evil to the core.