That means the rule “takes funds that Congress specifically appropriated for public schools to alleviate their state and local budget crises created by the pandemic, and instead diverts them to benefit privately funded schools, regardless of need,” the NAACP states in the lawsuit.
The group also called the rule “as immoral as it is illegal” because it siphons away money from school districts that depend on the state and local taxes that have been reduced in the pandemic, particularly high-poverty districts where “students of color are disproportionately represented.”
“This unlawful diversion will directly impair the education, health, and safety of low-income students and students of color for the benefit of more affluent, white, private-school students, further perpetuating institutional racism,” the lawsuit states.
The Education Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit.
When the rule was announced June 25, Secretary Betsy DeVos said the pandemic-related appropriation was for all students, teachers and families harmed by the virus.
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