Betsy DeVos, US education secretary, thinking about letting schools use federal funds to buy guns
 

The money would apparently come from the Student Support and Academic Enrichment grant program that does not specifically prohibit supplying schools with guns.




Betsy DeVos Is Said to Weigh Letting School Districts Use Federal Funds to Buy Guns

WASHINGTON — Betsy DeVos, the education secretary, is considering whether to allow states to use federal funding intended to increase academic and enrichment opportunities in the country’s poorest schools to purchase guns for educators, according to multiple people with knowledge of the plan.

Such a move appears to be unprecedented, reversing a longstanding position taken by the federal government that it should not pay to outfit schools with weapons. And it would also undermine efforts by Congress to restrict the use of federal funding on guns. As recently as March, Congress passed a school safety bill that allocated $50 million a year to local school districts, but expressly prohibited the use of the money for firearms.

But the department is eyeing a program in federal education law, the Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants, that makes no mention of prohibiting weapons purchases. That omission would allow Ms. DeVos to use her discretion to approve any state or district plans to use grant funding for firearms and firearm training, unless Congress clarifies the law or bars such funding through legislative action.

And let me guess you red hats think it's a great idea..

Money that could go to better use. Like education.

We have money to buy your teachers guns, but not for new text books for your school!

50 million in the pockets of gun manufacturers