LANSING– This week, the Michigan Democratic Party will be releasing The DeVos Diaries, a series on the Trump-DeVos education agenda and its devastating impact on Michigan teachers, students, and public schools. Today, the series will highlight how Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos have exploited the CARES Act to undermine public education.
According to a recently released report, Trump and DeVos have diverted $180 million in relief for K-12 school districts and higher education to “expand alternatives to traditional public school districts” in an attempt to create a backdoor voucher program through “continued learning parent microgrants.” The report on the Trump-DeVos ideological war on public schools comes as public education has been devastated by COVID-19 with K-12 schools and colleges facing massive budget shortfalls.
“Even in the middle of a pandemic, Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos are stripping funding for public education to push their ideological agenda,” said Michigan Democratic Party spokesman Christian Slater. “The Trump-DeVos education agenda represents nothing more than an all-out assault on public education, and Michigan students and teachers are suffering as a result.”
