In March, borrowers were granted a reprieve on their loan payments, interest was set to 0% and collections of defaulted federal student loans stopped. Congress initiated this relief in the CARES Act, and President Trump later extended it.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos issued a rule that says if states want to use the funds to provide services for all students, they must also fund “equitable services” for all private school students in the district.
States will be able to apply for a piece of the $180 million allotted to the “Rethink K-12 Education Models Grant,” and $127.5 million allotted to the “Reimagining Workforce Preparation Grant.”
When Congress passed the coronavirus relief package, known as the CARES act, they included a provision that allowed the Secretary to request waivers to parts of the special education law during the pandemic.
At a Women for Trump event in Camp Hill, the vice president touched on education, veterans’ issues, abortion, undocumented immigrants and what he sees as ‘socialism’ in the Democratic party.