The Trump administration moves forward with policy ordering public schools to share coronavirus relief funding with private schools at a higher rate than federal law typically requires.
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The policy has been contested by public school officials who say the funding should be shared based on the number of low-income students at local private schools rather than their total enrollments. That's how funding is shared with private schools under other federal rules that Congress referenced in the legislation creating the relief aid.
The difference between the two formulas amounts to tens of millions of dollars. In Louisiana, for example, private schools are estimated to get at least 267% more under DeVos' formula. In the state’s Orleans Parish, at least 77% of its relief allotment would end up going to private schools. The new rule largely mirrors guidance DeVos issued in April telling districts to share relief aid based on the total number of private school students in their areas. The new rule provides one exception, though: Public schools can use the low-income formula if their own relief aid is used entirely on the district's low-income students.
Democrats and public school officials condemned the rule, saying it gives private schools a disproportionate share of the aid. Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., chairman of the House education committee, urged DeVos to withdraw it and"follow the law that Congress enacted.” The dispute centers around a single passage in the federal relief bill that allotted $13 billion for the nation's schools. The legislation said public schools should set aside funding to provide services to private schools"in the same manner as” they do under Title I, a federal funding program for low-income schools.
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