Oversight Republicans have launched an investigation into how the U.S. Department of Education has handled billions of COVID-19 relief dollars, raising the alarm about the major learning loss experienced by students.
Republicans on the House Oversight Committee sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona demanding documents and answers as to why most of the money has reportedly remained unspent.
They also are requesting documents on whether teachers unions, which often pushed for a delay in reopening schools, had undue influence over federal guidance on school reopenings and thus worsened learning loss.
“We, and the American people, are due an explanation on how and whether the Department is addressing the negative effects of prolonged school closures on children enrolled in K-12 programs across the country in light of the appropriation by Congress of a total of $263 billion for the Education Stabilization Fund (ESF) over the course of three pieces of legislation,” the letter said. “According to media reports, the vast majority of these ‘emergency’ funds remain unspent. Study after study shows the learning losses caused by prolonged pandemic school closures are compounding and preventing students from achieving academic success.
“Committee Republicans plan to ensure the department is doing everything in its power to ensure states and school districts properly target funds to remedy the acute learning losses brought on by prolonged pandemic school closures,” the letter added. more
They’re saving up for more ammo,
In many ways Republicans are just as bad as democRATz!
Instead of wondering why it wasn’t spent, maybe they should realize it wasn’t needed and ask for it back!
So they sent a letter, was it a harshly worded letter? Bless their hearts, they actually think Biden’s DOE gives a rat’s ass about them, accountability, or public perception.
So their complaint is that the teachers haven’t yet spent the boatloads of cash sent to them. Do they think our kids wouldn’t be so dumb and ill-prepared for the real world if only all that cash was spent?
Meanwhile, Flipflop Charlie picked this teachers union thug as running mate.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2022/08/27/charlie-crists-choice-of-running-mate-makes-it-seem-even-more-likely-hes-trying-to-lose-n2612319
And by “academic success” they mean Pride Pox.
The federal dollars received are waiting to be spent on those politicians themselves with none going to the citizenry. The more they issue boo-hoo big fake tears for “emergency” or the “emergence” of some benign virus somewhere, the more fed money they get directly for themselves (think fake-gov Kickback Kathy Hochul, Charles Schumer, Joseph Addabbo et al).
Republican Motto:
See no Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil:
Said the Blind, Deaf and Dumb Republican
Nothing will ever come of it…………