U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said she will help ensure federal aid to be directed towards private and religious schools through the $3 trillion HEROES Act, which has been passed by the House and is stalled in the Senate.
During a Tuesday radio program, host New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan said he was “a little worried” that the latest version of the upcoming federal relief bill does not cover non-public schools. The legislation from House Democrats would provide nearly $60 billion to K-12 schools across the United States, while explicitly stating that no HEROES money would be used to “provide financial assistance to students to attend private elementary or secondary schools” except for students in special education as required by federal law.
