Much of the legislation would be harmful to poor and middle-class students and make it more difficult for Americans to get high-quality, affordable higher education.
“Some of the people who will be hurt the most by this tax bill will be the children in our public schools and the teachers and education support personnel who help them,” said Casey.
The charter school industry’s unregulated, taxpayer-funded business model of education is a “fiscal and educational disaster.”
More than 15,000 “butterfly” postcards were delivered to Congress last week in support of the Dream Act, a bill that provides young immigrants brought here as children or infants a secure and permanent solution.
“It is irresponsible to put funding for 250,000 education jobs at risk.”