DeVos Moves to Loosen Restrictions on Federal Aid to Religious Colleges Image

The following article by Erica L. Green was posted on the New York Times website May 9, 2018:

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos attended Christian schools all of her life and sent her own children to them.CreditTom Brenner/The New York Times

WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, a lifelong advocate of Christian education, moved on Wednesday to loosen federal regulations on religious colleges and universities, after a Supreme Court decision that restricted states from denying some kinds of aid to religious institutions.

The measure is part of a sweeping deregulatory agenda for the Education Department announced on Wednesday by the White House budget office, which outlined several rules and regulations for the department to scrap or amend. Among those are rules that restrict faith-based entities from receiving federally administered funding. Continue reading “DeVos Moves to Loosen Restrictions on Federal Aid to Religious Colleges Image”