Betsy DeVos to Fund Scholarship Trump Awarded to Fourth-Grader at the SOTU

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According to CNN, “U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos will personally pay for a school choice scholarship President Donald Trump awarded to a Philadelphia girl during his State of the Union address Tuesday night.”

During his speech, the President called on Congress to act on his school choice tax credit proposal, he introduced Janiyah Davis, and her mother Stephanie, who he had invited to sit in the gallery. They had sought a way out of her low-performing public school through Pennsylvania’s school-choice program, and were placed on a waitlist for a state scholarship to attend a better school outside her district. Trump’s proposal provides tax credits to individuals and businesses in exchange for donating to scholarships for students to attend private schools, or better schools outside the district.

On Thursday, a Department of Education spokeswoman confirmed to CNN that DeVos would pay for a year of tuition at the school of Davis’ choice as part of DeVos’ regular donation of her federal salary to charitable causes.