GOP House: COVID $ Pays For Schools’ ‘Equity Warriors,’ CRT Lessons?
Top House Republicans are pursuing an investigation into reports federal tax dollars designated for COVID-related learning losses were spent to promote "equity warriors," critical race theory curriculum at public schools.
View Source | September 18, 2022 10:28 am
- The lawmakers point to billions of dollars spent through several federal legislative spending packages to help local schools deal with the pandemic.
- The spending includes $122 billion in the American Rescue Plan, $54.3 billion in the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act as well as $13.2 billion in the CARES Act for the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief fund.
- Rep. James Comer, the top Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Virginia Foxx, the top Republican on the House’s Committee on Education and Labor are leading a group of Republicans in an investigation into how those funds were spent.
- The group has sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and state leaders asking about how “some states are spending taxpayer dollars to push progressive left causes.”
Click to read full article
Go back home
Share This Article: