Republicans grill Biden education secretary on use of COVID funds for woke initiatives
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Republicans are demanding more information from President Biden's Department of Education about the use of American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act funds to wokeness in schools.
In a letter Tuesday to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, Republicans said they are investigating "the misuse of COVID-19 relief dollars intended for virus mitigation, the safe reopening of schools, and addressing catastrophic learning loss." Jessica Chasmar is a digital writer on the politics team for Fox News and Fox Business. Story tips can be sent to Jessica.Chasmar@fox.com.
The letter, signed by Republican Rep. James Comer, a ranking member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx, a ranking member of the Committee Education and Labor, cited one example from Newburyport, Massachusetts, where the school district there spent at least $56,800 in ESSER funds to hire a consultant who apparently coached a high school principal to use a racial slur in front of other faculty members in order to help him "lean" into his "discomfort."
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