Parents are fed up with our educational system, and rightly so. During an especially torturous year for students and parents, the left pushed ahead with its race-based educational agenda that sacrifices facts on the altar of “wokeness.” As parents’ frustrations and fears for the quality of their children’s education pour over in school board meetings across the country, it is clear that Critical R... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) introduced the Curriculum Review of Teachings (CRT) Transparency Act. This legislation would require local school districts to post the curriculum for each grade of their elementary and secondary schools on a publicly accessible website. Lack of awareness and accountability for what... Read more »
Today, every Republican Member of the Education and Labor Committee, led by Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), sent a letter to Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) requesting he provide all Members of the Committee with draft text of the reconciliation legislation as soon as possible in advance of next week’s anticipated Budget Resolution markup. The Members write: “It is no exaggeration to state tha... Read more »
Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) led a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona seeking additional information about the Office for Civil Rights' (OCR) decision to investigate five states that respect parents’ choices on in-school masking. In the letter, the Members write: “Using threats to infringe on states’ authorities to protect stud... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced it would investigate five states that respect parents’ choices on in-school masking: “This is what happens when an administration gets in bed with teachers unions and left-wing special interests. It is inappropriate fo... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Republican Leader of the Workforce Protections Subcommittee Fred Keller (R-PA) sent a comment letter to Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh raising concerns about a proposed rule hiking the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15 an hour. In the letter, the Members write: “We are concerned that mandati... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after Democrats voted to advance their partisan bill, which paves the way for another massive spending package: “This $3.5 trillion socialist wish list will make everything ‘free’ except for the people. The Democrats make outlandish promises, spend future generations into oblivion, and t... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement in response to the Education Department’s announcement that it will default to full forgiveness for defrauded student loan borrowers, abandoning the Trump administration's partial-relief formula: “Devos’ formula balanced fairness for student borrowers with fairness for taxpayers. Certain... Read more »
Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona demanding confirmation that states are not required to allow mask mandates in schools as a condition of receiving American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) funds. In the letter, Foxx writes: “You recently wrote to the governo... Read more »
