Federal Government to Spend $35 Billion on Getting Kids Ready for School

Children leave Wilkins Elementary school in in Jackson, Miss., on March 24, 2022. Francois Picard/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Departments of Education, Agriculture, and Health and Human Services will spend $35 billion preparing students to succeed in school as opposed to educating them.

The largest portion of the funding will come through the Department of Education.