Betsy DeVos Says She Wants to Keep Schools Safe and Equitable. Her Policies Tell a Different Story | Teen Vogue

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While most educational policy is set at the state level, districts take their broader cues from the federal government. This is where Betsy DeVos comes in, the Donald Trump–appointed hyper-conservative Secretary of Education. Of her many awe-inspiring acts, recently, DeVos is reportedly considering whether schools can use federal money to fund firearms on campus, according to sources with knowledge of the plan, who spoke with The New York Times. It would be a move the Times called “unprecedented,” as it would be “reversing a longstanding position taken by the federal government that it should not pay to outfit schools with weapons.” Additionally, most law enforcement experts don’t believe teachers should carry guns—and in June, DeVos told Congress that the federal school safety commission wouldn’t investigate the role of guns in school violence.

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