Education Secretary Betsy DeVos made the rounds on Sunday news talk shows, where she continued to press schools to reopen even as fresh evidence emerged that the United States was failing to control new waves of infection and death. DeVos stated on “Fox News Sunday” that the Trump administration was looking at “all the options” for pulling federal funding from schools that don’t open in the fall. “American investment in education is a promise to students and their families,” she said. “If schools aren’t going to reopen … they shouldn’t get the funds.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/12/coronavirus-update-us/
Extortion (also called shakedown) is defined as obtaining benefit through coercion. In most jurisdictions it is likely to constitute a criminal offense.
‘The science should not stand in the way of this’ : White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on July 16 said it is “perfectly safe” for children to return to school amid the coronavirus pandemic even as some public health experts warned against it.
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Tell them, because our fathers lied.”
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos made the rounds on Sunday news talk shows, where she continued to press schools to reopen even as fresh evidence emerged that the United States was failing to control new waves of infection and death. DeVos stated on “Fox News Sunday” that the Trump administration was looking at “all the options” for pulling federal funding from schools that don’t open in the fall. “American investment in education is a promise to students and their families,” she said. “If schools aren’t going to reopen … they shouldn’t get the funds.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/12/coronavirus-update-us/
Extortion (also called shakedown) is defined as obtaining benefit through coercion. In most jurisdictions it is likely to constitute a criminal offense.
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“The White House and Senate Republicans are developing plans to prod schools to reopen by attaching incentives or conditions to tens of billions of dollars of new aid as part of the next coronavirus relief bill, people involved in the talks said Wednesday.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/07/15/school-reopening-budget-trump-gop-coronavirus/
‘The science should not stand in the way of this’ : White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on July 16 said it is “perfectly safe” for children to return to school amid the coronavirus pandemic even as some public health experts warned against it.