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Tim Kaine Exposes Betsy DeVos's Charter School Scam
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January 19, 2017
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8:23Now PlayingTrump’s pick for education secretary Betsy DeVos wants her billionaire friends to be able to set up more cheap, substandard, charter schools all over the country. These schools rake in federal dollars yet aren’t held to any standards. The substandard parts are where the owner class saves (pockets) the money. Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"Donald Trump’s nominee for education secretary appeared stumped by senators when they asked her about a federal education law related to discrimination during her confirmation hearing Tuesday night.
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) asked Betsy DeVos about how she’d enforce the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. IDEA, as the law is known, requires that public schools provide children with disabilities a “free and appropriate” education just like other students.
As DeVos danced around his questions, Kaine grew agitated, asking her point-blank if schools should have to follow federal law.
“Should all K-12 schools receiving government funding be required to meet the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act?” he asked.
“I think they already are,” DeVos responded, suggesting that no school is failing to meet the law.
“But I’m asking you a ‘should’ question,” Kaine followed up. “Should all schools that receive taxpayer funding be required to meet [the law]?”
“I think that’s a matter that’s best left to the states,” DeVos responded, essentially saying the federal government should abdicate enforcement of its own law.
Kaine pretty much lost it at that point.
“So some states might be good to kids with disabilities, other states might not be good, and then what? People can just move around the country if they don’t like [the schools]?””*
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