CABINET/EDUCATION/LGBT/TRUMP PEOPLE/BETSY DEVOS: “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos refused to say Wednesday [5-24-17] whether she would block private schools that discriminate against LGBT students from receiving federal dollars, explaining that she believes states should have the flexibility to design voucher programs and that parents should be able to choose schools that best fit their children’s needs.
DeVos returned frequently to the theme of what she called a need for a return to more local control in her first public appearance before Congress since her rocky confirmation hearing in January.
Fielding questions from members of a House appropriations subcommittee, she said that states should decide how to address chronic absenteeism, mental health and suicide risks among students, and states should decide whether children taking vouchers are protected by federal special-education law.”
-Emma Brown, “DeVos won’t say whether she’d withhold federal funds from private schools that discriminate,” The Washington Post online, May 24, 2017 1:57pm