On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) delivered remarks on the Senate floor about his legislation, the Luke and Alex School Safety Act, and asked for unanimous consent for its passage. The bill would codify into law a clearinghouse of information for the best school safety practices. The clearinghouse, available at SchoolSafety.gov, informs parents, teachers and school … Continue reading Schumer blocks nonpartisan school safety bill, backed by victims’ parents, that was unanimously supported in committee
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Last fall the National School Boards Association sent a letter to President Biden, calling for the Justice Department to use counterterrorism tools to investigate parents at school board meetings. Almost immediately, Attorney General Merrick Garland directed the FBI and U.S. Attorneys to launch a task force to target parents. Whistleblowers later told Congress that the … Continue reading GOP Leaders React to Revelation White House Coordinated With Liberal Group to Declare Parents ‘Terrorists’
This week the Tennessee Supreme Court rejected the lead claim in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Tennessee Education Savings Account Pilot Program, giving thousands of low- and middle-income families in Tennessee the ability to direct their children’s educations as they see fit. The Institute for Justice (IJ), the nation’s leading advocate for school choice, joined … Continue reading Tennessee Supreme Court hands win to kids with pro-school choice ruling
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (NC-05) cosigned Congressman Chris Jacobs’ (NY-27) letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on a proposed rule change to the Charter Schools Program that would limit school choice access for families. The letter was cosigned by 21 other Members of Congress. On March 14 the Department of Education … Continue reading New Biden rule shuts down classes for special needs students, denies free choices for poor and minorities
“People think that the President of the United States has the power for debt forgiveness. He does not… that has to be an act of Congress,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.President Biden himself expressed skepticism about his own legal authority to forgive student loans.And an Obama-era Department of Education lawyer believes that President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan … Continue reading Democrats Question Legality of Biden’s Mass Student Loan Forgiveness Scheme
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) today introduced the Stop Reckless Student Loan Actions Act, legislation that would end President Biden’s untargeted, budget-busting suspension of repayments on qualifying federal student loans, following 24 months of non-payment and six executive actions extending the payment pause. The … Continue reading New bill stops Biden’s ‘bail out the rich’ student loan scheme
House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Biden Administration waived student loan debts for 40,000 borrowers – at an estimated cost to taxpayers of $3 billion – while erasing three years off of student loan repayment obligations for another 3.6 million borrowers, adding billions more in cost to … Continue reading Biden Spending Billions on Costly Student Loan Waivers, Pushing Bailouts for the Wealthy
Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a comment letter to the Department of Education expressing concern over its proposed rule regarding the charter school programs (CSP) grants, which sends a hostile message to charter schools and supporters of educational freedom. In the letter, Republican Leader Foxx writes that the proposed rule would: “…prevent the … Continue reading Foxx: Biden’s Anti-Charter School Stance is Very Concerning
This week, Club for Growth Foundation filed comments with the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) opposing their proposed plan to undermine a long-standing bipartisan charter school grant program. This program has provided high-quality educational opportunities to countless underserved students from hundreds of charter schools across the country. The proposed rules from the DOE thwart and … Continue reading New Biden scheme shuts down charter schools
Judicial Watch announced today that the trial date has been set for September 12, 2022 in the federal civil rights lawsuit filed on behalf of a Massachusetts father who was fired from his position as high school football coach after raising concerns over Black Lives Matter/critical race theory being taught in his daughter’s seventh-grade ancient history class. … Continue reading Trial Date Set in Suit Over Football Coach Fired for Objecting to Critical Race Theory
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