The subcommittee will come to order. Good morning. Good to see this morning. Welcome to the subcommittee. This is our second Budget Hearing of the year. , we are goingknow to examine the department of education budget request for fiscal year 2021. As i was reviewing the budget materials, this much was clear to me. To privatizeng Public Education. I believe it is the wrong direction for our students and for our country. We need to be moving towards earlying policies like childhood education, that we know helps students succeed. We see this in other countries around the globe. They are not shrinking public support but are expanding it. I will get more into the consequences that you are proposing, but i want to start by examining your privatization philosophy. The false premise on which it is built and the research. , theary to your claim Public Education system, which 90 of our children attend, has witnessed significant progress for all groups of students. Scores haveematics improved for
Of it is your fourth hearing yours with us. Today, as you know, we are going to examine the department of education budget request for fiscal year 2021. As i was reviewing the budget materials, this much was clear to me. You are seeking to privatize Public Education. I believe it is the wrong direction for our students and for our country. We need to be moving towards expanding policies like Early Childhood education, that we know helps students succeed. We see this in other countries around the globe. They are not shrinking public support but are expanding it. I will get more into the consequences that you are proposing, but i want to start by examining your privatization philosophy. The false premise on which it is built and the research. And the research that it ignores. Contrary to your claim, the Public Education system, which 90 of our children attend, has witnessed significant progress for all groups of students. Average mathematics scores have improved for fourthgraders by 14 .
The subcommittee will come to order. Good morning. Good to the subcommittee will come to order. Good morning, secretary devos. Good to see you. Welcome to the subcommittee. This is our second Budget Hearing of the year. It is your fourth hearing with we are going to review the budget request for fiscal year 2021. Materials, this much was clear to me. To privatizeng Public Education. I believe it is the wrong direction for our students and for our country. We need to be moving towards earlying policies like childhood education, that we know helps students succeed. We see this in other countries around the globe. They are not shrinking public support but are expanding it. I will get more into the consequences that you are proposing, but i want to start by examining your privatization philosophy. The false premise on which it is built and the research. , theary to your claim Public Education system, which 90 of our children attend, has witnessed significant progress for all groups of stud
With us. And today, as you know, we are going to examine the president s department of education budget request for fiscal year 2021. As i was reviewing the budget materials, madam secretary, this much was clear to me. That you are seeking to privatize Public Education. I believe, and ive had this conversation before with you, i believe its the wrong direction for our students and for our country. Instead, we ned to be moving toward expanding Public Policies, lake Early Childhood education, that we know helps students to succeed. We see this in our countries around the globe. They are not shrinking public support, but in fact, are expanding it. Ill get more into the consequences of the cuts that you are proposing, but i want to start by examining your privatization philosophy. The false premise on which it is built, and the research that it ignores. Contrary to your claims, the nations Public Education system, which 90 of our children attend, has witnessed significant progress for all
The committee will come back to order. I want to welcome everyone back to the hearing with secretary devos, but before we resume questioning, i needed to clarify a couple of things for the record. Virs, madam secretary, the oig report referenced by my colleague from connecticut, mr. Courtney, Loan Servicing, not only review records prior to the time as secretary, the oig did a review of records from january 2015 through september 2017. Which means that the oig did find fairly and accurately supervised Loan Services during your, while you were secretary, while im glad you checked something for services for their noncompliance, the record should reflect that this amount only represents less than 0. 1 of the 1. 7 billion budgeted for servicing. Given that 61 of the reports reviewed by the oig showed failures that would have expected a larger collection. Second, madam devorks you mentioned the importance of allowing federal work study to better align with students career goals but failed t