Trump Administration’s Budget Would Eliminate Federal Funding for Charter Schools

Posted on AllSides February 12th, 2020
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THE TRUMP administration would eliminate federal funding for public charter schools under its budget request for 2020, instead allowing states to tap into a $19 billion pool of money to spend on K-12 education as they see fit.

The proposal – from an administration that has made school choice its No. 1 education priority – stands in stark contrast to the last three budget proposals, all of which included major funding increases for the $440 million federal charter school program.

Once a priority, now the federal charter school program is...

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