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The spending bill is a rebuke of DeVos’ priorities

Betsy DeVos testifies before the Senate Health, Education and Labor Committee confirmation hearing to be next Secretary of Education on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC1D5B7B0CF0

Fellow Elizabeth Mann discusses the educational funding outlined in the congressional spending budget bill, which rejected many of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ proposals.

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Federal Spending Bill Would Boost Education Aid, Reject Trump Choice Push (Education Week)

Division H- Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018

Spending bill would give big boost to education (Politico)

 

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