Denver Public Schools Joins Lawsuit Over CARES Act Money To Private Schools

From CBS Denver:

July 22, 2020

DENVER (CBS4)– Denver Public Schools has joined a lawsuit filed against the U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and the Department of Education. The lawsuit states they are wrongly sending public money to private schools.

The lawsuit involves $13.5 billion in the federal CARES Act for public schools. DeVos has ruled the act requires public schools to set aside funds for private schools based on the total school population rather than the number of students in poverty in those private schools.

Denver says not being able to use that money throughout the district would hurt all students, including minorities.

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