What Orthodox Jews expect Betsy DeVos to bring to the Department of Education
POPULAR CHOICE Orthodox askanim across the board have praised Trump’s appointment of Betsy DeVos as secretary designate of the Department of Education (Photos: AFP/Imagebank)
N either Donald Trump’s appointment of a strong advocate of school vouchers as education secretary nor his own campaign proposal to allocate $20 billion in federal education funds for vouchers will make an immediate dent in the tuition crisis.
But Orthodox askanim across the board have praised Trump’s appointment of Betsy DeVos as secretary-designate of the Department of Education.
“We are very excited” says Rabbi Avraham David (AD) Motzen national director of state relations for Agudath Israel of America who has worked closely with DeVos for more than a decade. “There’s still a lot of work to be done to see new programs introduced which must pass Congress. But she has been sensitive to our needs and we’ll have a seat at the table for the next few years. It’s a very positive development toward getting higher levels of aid for private school families.”
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