Democrats would delay school COVID-19 spending, threatening reopening

Published February 16, 2021 7:12pm ET



Despite school opening demands from allies of President Biden, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Democratic coronavirus spending plan would delay the bulk of education spending until next year and later, potentially threatening school reopening until 2023, according to a GOP analysis.

With the Biden administration already sitting on some $1 trillion in unused and previously approved COVID-19 money, the GOP is drawing additional attention to the fine print in the Democratic proposal for education, part of the huge $1.9 trillion budget for the virus.

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