California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced the lawsuit, which was joined by Maine, New Mexico, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia
Becerra said the department unlawfully interpreted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, which established guidelines to distribute $13.2 billion in aid to schools nationwide using Title I funds earmarked for students from low-income families.
But DeVos has said the funding is separate from other federal aid and was meant to support all students. In Michigan, officials said the rule could cost public schools at least $16 million, including $2.6 million each in Detroit, the state’s largest district, and Grand Rapids, where DeVos has roots. “The U.S. Secretary of Education manufactured guidance and their rule that favoured nonpublic schools at the expense of public schools in a way neither intended nor enacted by Congress,” he said.
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