Biden Admin Asks for $22 Million to Bolster Ed Dept’s Enforcement Arm
Podcast: Education in FocusPublished On: Mon Apr 15 2024
Description: The Biden administration’s Department of Education is asking for $82.4 billion budget for the 2025 fiscal year, $3.1 billion more than the previous fiscal year to help students recover from school closure-related learning loss and bolster operations at the agency’s enforcement arm. In a House appropriations committee hearing this week, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona defended the Education Department’s proposed $22 million increase for the Office of Civil Rights, saying its workload has tripled in the last decade and a half, in part because of rising rates of antisemitism and anti-Arab discrimination. Full story: https://www.chalkboardnews.com/issues/funding-spending/article_7e12479a-f903-11ee-93c3-0f2a1ffef7fd.html
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