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'Only the rich can have those choices': Project 2025's plan to dismantle the Department of Education - Velshi - MSNBC
Aug 18, 2024 #Education #Project2025 #Voters
On a mission to gut the Department of Education, Project 2025, the 900+ page outline for the next Republican administration outlines a long list of program cuts and policy proposals that primarily target programs which benefit low income children and students with disabilities. “They want to take the meal programs away from kids. They want to take civil rights away from kids,” says American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten. “How do we help kids go from struggling to thriving if they take this funding away?
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Velshi notes that Project 2025 follows the Arizona school vouchers model,
the funnels public money mainly to religious schools.
Points:
• Dismantle the Department of Education
• End head start program for young children in poverty
• End title I funding for schools serving low-income children
• Rescind civil rights protections for LGBTQ+ students
• Undercut federal capacity to enforce civil rights laws
• Reduce federal funding to children with disabilities...
• Privatize student loan portfolio and end student loan forgiveness
• Promote universal private school choice