Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), the Republican Leader of the House Committee on Education and Labor, issued the following statement in response to a memo released by Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) Richard Cordray. The guidance suggests that the Department of Education will start sharing borrowers’ private and aggregate data with state and local government agenc... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on supporting students experiencing foster care and homelessness: "For over a year, students across our country have been negatively impacted by school closures. This has had an even greater impact o... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined NewsMax's Bob Sellers and Heather Childers to discuss the American Federation of Teachers' President Randi Weingarten's sudden reversal in support of school reopenings this fall, calling out its self-serving policies and control of the Biden administration. Here are the highlights: ON TEACHERS UNIONS REW... Read more »
Committee Republicans are not sitting idly by while President Biden and the radical left try to turn civics lessons into Socialism 101. The administration supports critical race theory curriculum, which reduces our children to victims and oppressors based solely on the color of their skin. The Education Department is using this racist ideology to radicalize an entire generation of young people aga... Read more »
Today, Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) introduced the Protect Equality and Civics Education (PEACE) Act, which will prevent the Department of Education from using taxpayer dollars to fund its radical, anti-American critical race theory priorities. "America’s classrooms are the cradle of Democracy. Critical race theory is a cowardly attempt, by those who hate this nation, to rob the cradle and rewrit... Read more »
Today, Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) introduced the Fight Radicalization of Elementary Education (FREE) Act, which will prohibit the Department of Education from encouraging school districts to adopt critical race theory curriculum using federal grant funding, thwarting the left’s attempt to indoctrinate students with its racist agenda. “American taxpayers should not be funding the indoctrination of Ame... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House floor in recognition of National Charter School week, which gives millions of children access to free, high-quality education: “This week we honor the hope that charter schools deliver to millions of students nationwide and we are reminded that education is about students, not politics. One such example ... Read more »
Pandemic-related school closures are disproportionately impacting students with disabilities. This is not new information. Recognizing this problem, Republican Leaders wrote a letter calling for a bipartisan investigation into the effects school closures are having on children with disabilities, including whether and how states are complying with federal special education requirements. Republicans... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee doctors Reps. Greg Murphy (R-NC) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) penned a letter to Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, demanding more information regarding the American Federation of Teachers’ influence on school reopening guidelines: In the letter, the Members write: "The New York Post recently reported on th... Read more »
Today, Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on the impact of COVID-19 on students with disabilities: “For the last 107 days, President Biden and my Democrat friends have ignored the science at the expense of our nation’s students, especially those with disabilities. This is not a partisan talking point – the New York ... Read more »
