Olszewski: Education Department Key to Opportunity for All

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Johnny Olszewski today issued the following statement on President Trump’s Executive Order to dismantle the federal Department of Education:

“As a former American government teacher and a first-generation college graduate, I know first-hand that education is the key to opportunity. This Executive Order strips our children of their basic right to opportunity.

This order will directly impact every child in every school – especially students with disabilities or in high-poverty communities. It will mean bigger class sizes and more demands on already overworked and underpaid teachers. Schools in my district alone receive more than $31 million under Title 1 and another $31 million for nutritional assistance. More than $32 million in federal funding supports children with disabilities.

I urge my colleagues in Congress to fight this and any effort to disinvest in our children and our futures.”

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