Today, NV Dems hosted a press conference featuring a concerned mom of two to condemn Donald Trump’s executive order to eliminate the Department of Education, which Joe Lombardo fully supports, and Republicans’ latest effort to strip $29 million in grant funding for Nevada schools to help pave the way for more tax cuts for billionaires.
The Lombardo-Trump plan to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education would threaten nearly $1 billion per year in funding for Nevada schools and students. If Lombardo and Trump get their way, funding for Pell Grants, community colleges, special education, career and technical education, and other essential services for Nevada students will be on the chopping block. Over the last five years, Nevada students and schools have been supported by the U.S. Department of Education with a total of nearly $6 billion in critical funding.
“With the full support of Joe Lombardo, Donald Trump signed an executive order to eliminate the Department of Education – continuing his crusade of slashing essential programs so many Nevadans rely on,” said Jeana Blackman-Taylor, local parent. “This is a direct attack on our local public schools and it will hurt students, parents and educators. The consequences of this will be most devastating for our state’s most at-risk and in-need kids.”
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