More than 800 poor rural schools could lose funding due to rule change by Education Department: Report

The Education Department plan to cut off the schools because they have not been reporting the statistics based on census data as technically required by law, although the government had been allowing the schools to report the statistics based on number of students on free and reduced school lunch programs, which some consider to be a more reliable measure, especially in rural areas.

Education Department officials were said to be surprised to learn that the letter of the law had not been followed after discovering during an audit that schools were allowed to report the metric using the school lunch method for around 17 years. Rather than allow the schools to continue receiving the funding, the department plans to cut them off.

"When you discover you're not following the law Congress wrote, you don't double down; you fix it," Education Department spokesperson Liz Hill told the paper."If that's what Congress wants, Congress should pass it, and the Education Department will happily implement it. We will also continue to look for ways to help ensure students are not unnecessarily harmed."

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos during a taping of Fox Business Network's"Mornings With Maria" in New York City on February 20, 2020.

But keep voting for Republicans.

Funny, I thought local and state taxes provided the vast majority of funding for all public schools. 🤨

Let's hope after November we won't have to read articles about the inept cabinet members.

A convenient excuse for DeVos to further damage public schools. She’s just Another know nothing appointee carrying out a political agenda.

Since public schools are socialism, they should all close, right?

As long as it aint Urban , I am good. We all know who lives in those rural areas and who they voted for

realDonaldTrump likes his base as uneducated at possible.

Probably won't be too significant.

Ok, so now they want to make Americans dumber in rural areas?

Betsy Devou is like evil like a heathen

She is an underqualified Derelict.

The USA is on 30/36 in the world if it comes to public education. But I am sure they will be able to go even lower 👍

Home schooling next?

Closing rural schools is acceptable to Republicans.

Sure

The schools didn’t follow the law. They were caught. The Department of Education is not going to cut the funds, if the schools follow the law! Key word: could.

sandyhanes1 BetsyDeVosED is dangerously incompetent. She is ruining all forms of public education.

She needs to go! And soon, if not NOW! BetsyDeVosED EducationMatters

Of course this is so frustrating

And the MAGA love you for it. Fuck them.

Every time the federal government cuts school funding it gives them an excuse to say that the schools aren’t working so they can promote their own agendas regarding charter schools and vouchers

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