Educational lawyers bite their nails as the The government’s closure begins.
Apart from the federal -student aid organization, an emergency plan for the educational department was set up apart from the federal student aid organization. Most of the funds set in summer and other money that are to be published on Wednesday will continue and a pillow for schools.
Facilities on tax -free federal lands such as the reservations of the American indigenous people will feel the effects immediately, and others will be closer.
In its plan, the department created services that would be continued, such as: B. Payment of the student aid, the financing of title I, which goes to fighting schools, and the people with disabilities education.
However, modern grants will end up, civil rights investigations are carried out during a break and other regulatory measures or guidelines will stop until the government is reopened.
However, this plan is only available for a week; A longer shutdown would have to visit it again. The longest closure of the government in the past few decades that came from President Trump during the first term of office was 35 days.
“We do not expect a direct effect on states or schools given the number of funds already assigned. The department has announced that they would continue to drive the obligation of funds that would normally be obliged on October 1,” said Christy Wolfe, director of the K-12 directive in the Bipartisan Policy Center, during a press call.
Some schools in Impact Aid would be affected immediately, those such as districts on military bases or the reservations of the American indigenous people, in which the financing mainly comes from the federal government instead of state or local taxes.
In a longer closure, the effects in the whole country would vary depending on the school district and the federal programs that they depend on, said Wolfe.
The supporters had the alarm before the midnight financing period on Tuesday.
“We expect Trump to use the shutdown and the Republicans to use shutdown as another instrument that has tried all year round, including the mining of the Ministry of Education, the upgrading of programs, the English language learners, migrant students, Shutter -Community Schools and Services in need, such as homeless people,” said Kate, “said Kate,” said Kate, “said Kate,” said Kate, “said Kate,” said Kate, ” Terenzi, fight fighting fighters for popular democracy.
If the Republicans “got to the table and negotiate, we could pass it and not both the education and health care of millions there and can now be at risk,” she added.
The Democrats exchanged ideas in the financing struggle on questions of healthcare and tried to reverse Medicare and to extend Obamacare -subsidies that are supposed to expire, while the Republicans have insisted on a spotless, continuous solution that the house has said goodbye but did not have the necessary votes in the upper chamber without minority support.
“This is currently sitting on the Senate writer,” said John Thune (Rs.d). “We could pick it up and survive this evening, pick it up and pass it tomorrow before the government closes, and then we do not have the government.
This is not the first time that K-12 and the financing of university formation in the crossfire was caught by Trump Politics struggles.
In the summer, 7 billion US dollars of after -school, teacher preparations and English and adult learning programs were carried out, which sent panic by the country’s educational experts. The financing was Finally releasedBut not without activities for students who are temporarily closed.
University institutions have also seen Billions of dollars took a break After he has been Trump, who warned that his government could catch up with further cuts when switching off.
In the background of this financing concerns, Trump’s goal is lurking to eliminate the educational department, especially since the administration wants to utilize the shutdown as a catalyst More indefinite layoffs.
Similar to K-12 schools, the dangers of university formation grow, while the shutdown increases, while applications for international students are not processed as quickly.
It could also be delayed Overhaul of the student loan system This was adopted by Republicans at the beginning of this year.
“I believe that many of their standard operations will be pausing so that implementation and provide technical support, including borrowers” who have already struggled with the return to payments, said Blair Wriston, government matters in Edtrust.
“I think we’ll see what the negotiations are happening here. I think a kind of this length, I think it would be unprecedented, but I think we are currently in unprecedented times,” added Wriston.
