Trump Plan to Scrap Special Olympics Funding Draws Fierce Reaction
March 26, 2019
By: Christina Samuels
Source: Education Week
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos fired back Wednesday at critics of the Trump administration’s proposed budget for the U.S. Department of Education—particularly at those slamming the proposed elimination of about $18 million in funding for Special Olympics as part of some $7 billion in cuts overall.
“It is unacceptable, shameful and counterproductive that the media and some members of Congress have spun up falsehoods and fully misrepresented the facts,” DeVos said in a statement.