Betsy DeVos: “As Chairman Alexander likes to say, the department of education was never intended to be the national school board.”

Congress vowed that the move would, quote, 'not increase the authority of the Federal Government over education or diminish the responsibility for education which is reserved to the states.'

I do not think it is a role of the Federal Department of Education to tell schools what they can and should do or cannot and should not do.

I think, importantly, that flexibility at the State and local level would really allow those closest to the students to target those resources.

We propose Congress spend their money wisely, efficiently, and with restraint.