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WASHINGTON 鈥� Public Funds Public Schools (PFPS), a campaign of 澳彩开奖 Action Fund, Education Law Center, and Munger, Tolles & Olson, issued the statement below following recent announcements that the Trump administration plans to push for significant federal funding of private school voucher programs at the expense of public school funding.

The following statement is from Jessica Levin, Senior Attorney at Education Law Center and Director of the Public Funds Public Schools campaign:
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鈥淧resident Trump and Secretary DeVos鈥� latest attempt to subsidize private schools with federal funds is another thinly veiled attack by the Trump Administration on our nation鈥檚 public schools. The administration鈥檚 threat to divert federal education funding to private schools is aimed at stripping essential resources from public schools severely impacted by the pandemic and thereby depriving millions of students across the country of the educational opportunities they are entitled to and deserve.
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鈥淲ith public schools struggling to ensure all students continue to learn, receive meals, and get the physical and mental health supports they need during this crisis, it is especially shameful that Secretary DeVos would push her voucher proposals as part of COVID-19 relief measures.
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鈥淪ecretary DeVos portrays access to private schools as a civil rights issue, but vouchers have always undermined the struggle for civil rights for our nation鈥檚 students. The first voucher programs were used as a tool to evade school desegregation in the Deep South. In today鈥檚 voucher schools, students are stripped of rights and protections they hold in public schools, including protections for LGBTQ students and students with disabilities. Private schools are not held to the same standards as public schools, and it is the private voucher schools 鈥� not parents 鈥� that are given 鈥渃hoice鈥� to decide whether to admit or reject, retain or expel students based on their religion, sexual orientation, disability, language proficiency, or other personal characteristics.
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鈥淲hat鈥檚 more, vouchers do not improve student learning. Numerous studies have found that voucher programs fail to improve academic outcomes.听
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鈥淭ry as they might, Secretary DeVos and President Trump have been unable to push their private school voucher plans through Congress in over three years. We are confident this time will be no different.
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鈥淧ublic schools are the cornerstone of our democracy. They educate the vast majority of our nation鈥檚 students. The focus must be on strengthening our country鈥檚 underfunded public schools 鈥� which are accountable to our communities and open to all 鈥� by providing the funding and听 resources needed to meet the immense challenges brought by COVID-19, not siphoning taxpayer money to programs that undermine students鈥� civil rights.鈥�
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