Schatz Blasts Trump’s Attempt To Close Department Of Education, Gut Funding To Local Schools

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) condemned the Trump administration’s closure of the U.S. Department of Education and theeliminationof half of its workforce.
“Over a third of kids in America lack basic reading skills and Donald Trump’s response is to gut the Department of Education and our public schools. Clearly our education system needs fixing so that every child in America can get the world-class education they deserve. But the solution is not to pull funding and resources from local schools and tell families to figure it out themselves.
“People voted for Donald Trump to lower costs and make life more affordable – not to crush their children’s futures. Worse, the so-called “savings” from this absurd move will be shoveled straight into the pockets of billionaires. Thanks to Trump, billionaires get ahead while children fall behind.”
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