‘Kids have got to continue learning’: Betsy DeVos teases defunding public schools that do not reopen this fall

Published July 8, 2020 4:58pm ET



Education Secretary Betsy DeVos indicated she is eyeing withholding federal funding from public schools that do no fully reopen for in-person instruction this fall.

“Like the president said today, there is no excuse for schools not to reopen again and for kids to be able to learn again full-time,” DeVos said Tuesday on Fox News. “The data doesn’t suggest anything different. The medical experts aren’t suggesting anything different … this is more an issue of adults who are more interested in their own issues than they are about serving their students. It’s very clear that kids have got to go back to school.”

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