

Remember when Congress passed that $2 trillion covid-19 stabilization law? You know, the one that gave billions to big corporations and left small businesses in the lurch? (At least it put $1,200 in our bank accounts.) Right, that one. Well, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is here to make sure a chunk of that money goes to the right place: Jesus schools and private institutions.
The New York Times reports that DeVos is “directing millions of federal dollars intended primarily for public schools and colleges to private and religious schools.” The coronavirus aid package allocates $30 billion total for educational institutions; $13.5 billion for elementary and secondary schools, $14 billion for higher education, and the rest to the states. Devos has used $180 million alone to encourage states to offer microgrants: money that can be used to pay private school. “[DeVos] has directed school districts to share millions of dollars designated for low-income students with wealthy private schools,” the Times reports.
But that’s not all:
And [DeVos] has nearly depleted the 2.5 percent of higher education funding, about $350 million, set aside for struggling colleges to bolster small colleges — many of them private, religious or on the margins of higher education — regardless of need. The Wright Graduate University for the Realization of Human Potential, a private college in Wisconsin that has a website debunking claims that it is a cult, received about $495,000.
Bergin University of Canine Studies in California said its $472,850 allocation was a “godsend.”
“I think we are one of the most important educational institutions out there right now,” said its founder, Bonnie Bergin, who is credited with inventing the service dog.
Democrats are, understandably, unamused. As are teachers across the country, who are relying on aid to be used responsibly and help fund local public schools: