School choice programs divide Republicans as Trump moves to eliminate Department of Education
School choice programs divide Republicans as Trump moves to eliminate Department of Education
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School choice programs divide Republicans as Trump moves to eliminate Department of Education
I'm confused by this statement. What does "send more money back to the states" mean? Does the US have federal schools or something? Isn't the federal government paying for state run schools already sending money back to the states?
You’re not confused, the quoted person just doesn’t know how anything works. They’re a Republican voter, after all
The quote is from Tennessee State House Rep. Todd Warner, though I'm sure they do vote Republican.
I'm going to try to give him the benefit of the doubt. (Although I think the answer of 'he doesn't know what he's talking about' is probably accurate)
He may mean that X amount of money goes to the DOE, but only Y goes to the schools. From what I understand, they think that eliminating the staff of the DOE will bring Y closer to X, since they won't have to pay those people anymore. By dumping the responsibilities on to other depts, they can keep paying those people the same to do more work, and the total cost of business will go down.