Red States Want Control Of Federal Education Money

The Associated Press reports:

Governors in several Republican-led states are pressing the Trump administration to cut strings attached to their federal education money, a goal conservatives have long dreamed of that now appears within reach as President Donald Trump moves to dismantle the Education Department. Iowa put itself forward as a test case this month, asking the Education Department to consolidate its federal aid into a single grant — called a “block grant” — with few spending requirements.

Opponents say block grants would allow states to redirect money away from the students who most need the federal aid, including low-income students and English learners, and toward Republican priorities. Sending federal money to states in block grants would be illegal and “extremely dangerous,” Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., the top Democrat on

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