Education Secretary Defends Student Loan Forgiveness and Cutting Charter School Funds

Miguel Cardona says the agency will announce soon its rules on gender/biology, student sports teams, and locker rooms.

U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona delivers remarks in Washington, on Jan. 27, 2022. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Tensions were high as Education Secretary Miguel Cardona testified before the House Appropriations Committee on April 10 regarding the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) budget requests for fiscal year 2025.

Republicans grilled Mr. Cardona over the department’s proposed changes to Title IX that would force schools to allow trans students to use locker rooms and play on teams that don’t correspond to their biological sex.