Betsy Devos: School safety commission to consist of four Cabinet secretaries, no Democrats

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY NIV ELIS - 03/20/18 11:51 AM EDT

The Trump administration’s commission to examine school safety in the aftermath of the Parkland Florida school shooting will consist of just four people — all Cabinet secretaries — and no Democrats.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, testifying at a congressional hearing Tuesday, said the commission would be comprised of herself, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

She said it would meet for the first time “within the next few weeks,” but did not commit to a start date or an end date for the commission completing its work.

“We will be inviting and having forums and meetings with a wide variety of expert,” DeVos said when Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Ma.) pressed her on the commission’s lack of experts or Democrats.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/379307-betsy-devos-school-safety-commission-to-consist-of-four-cabinet-secretaries-no

[edbermac]

1. Gomer says it best:

[BigmanPigman]

2. Oh joy, I guess each one has an A+ NRA rating.

[Freethinker65]

3. So no one with professional elementary education credentials. Perfect.

[Judi Lynn]

4. As Lawmakers Accuse DeVos of Lack of Regard for Students, Her Own Staffer Admits 'Things Have Gotten

Published on
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
byCommon Dreams


"What do you mean, there's no data?" a lawmaker asked Secretary of Education during tense hearing. "There is study after study after study."

by Julia Conley, staff writer

As Education Secretary Betsy DeVos prepared to testify before a House committee on her proposed budget for fiscal year 2019, members of Congress received word from her staff members that DeVos had been withholding from lawmakers information about her spending plans as they've been developed in recent months.

Information about what drove DeVos's budgeting decisions was omitted from documents submitted to Congress ahead of the hearing, a staffer wrote in an email to the House and Senate Appropriations Committee.

"Our concern is about a breakdown in communication, a culture of secrecy and a fear of retaliatory action that has prevented Budget Service from providing House and Senate appropriators and staff, and for that matter, the public, with key information about the department’s plans for fiscal year 2019," wrote a career department official in the email, which the New York Times obtained. "Given the potential for some of these proposals to radically impact the way the department carries out its mission, Congress should probably see this."

Included in the proposals, DeVos's budget calls for a five percent spending reduction across the agency, targeting several regional offices that operate under the Office of Civil Rights and after-school programs that serve children in low-income communities.

More:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/03/20/lawmakers-accuse-devos-lack-regard-students-her-own-staffer-admits-things-have

[jmowreader]

5. In other words...

...the four Cabinet secretaries with the highest lifetime approval ratings from the NRA.

[bluestarone]

6. lock her up

lock her up