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US Public Schools Must Share COVID-19 Aid With Private Schools

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   A new policy ordering U.S. public schools to share emergency COVID-19
   relief funds with private schools regardless of their wealth will take
   effect immediately, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said, despite
   opposition from many public education supporters.

   "The CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) is a
   special, pandemic-related appropriation to benefit all American
   students, teachers and families impacted by coronavirus," DeVos said.
   "There is nothing in the law Congress passed that would allow districts
   to discriminate against children and teachers based on private school
   attendance and employment."

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