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Presidential Executive Order 13969 (Donald Trump, 2020)

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Executive Order 13969: Expanding Educational Opportunity Through School Choice was a presidential executive order issued by President Donald Trump (R) in December 2020 that created emergency learning scholarships for disadvantaged students unable to access in-person instruction due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The scholarships could be used for educational purposes, such as private school tuition or tutoring services. The order broadly aimed to ensure that students "have access to the educational resources they need to obtain a high-quality education," according to the text.[1]

Background

President Donald Trump (R) issued Executive Order 13969, titled "Expanding Educational Opportunity Through School Choice," on December 28, 2020. The executive order argued that virtual learning during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic had negative effects on students and parents. With the goal of mitigating those negative effects, the executive order authorized the U.S. secretary of health and human services to use funds from the Community Services Block Grant program to provide emergency learning scholarships for students from disadvantaged families unable to access in-person instruction. The emergency learning scholarships provided by the Community Services Block Grant program (CSBP) could be used for private schooling, homeschooling, special education services, or tutoring.[1][2]

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Purpose

Section 1 of E.O. 13969 stated that the order's purpose is to improve educational opportunities for families limited to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Section 1 stated that the "prolonged deprivation of in-person learning opportunities has produced undeniably dire consequences for the children of this country."[1]

Section 1 of E.O. 13969 argued that virtual instruction is an inadequate substitute for in-person learning. To assist parents in monitoring children during virtual instruction, the order stated that "the Department of Health and Human Services recently announced additional relief for low-income parents by allowing States to use funds available through the Child Care and Development Fund to subsidize child care services and services that supplement academic instruction for children under the age of 13 who are participating in virtual instruction."[1]

Emergency learning scholarships

Section 2 of E.O. 13969 directed the HHS to use funds available through the Community Block Grant program to provide emergency learning scholarships to students in disadvantaged families. Section 2 stated that emergency learning scholarships could be used for "tuition and fees for private or parochial schools; homeschool, microschool, or learning-pods; special education and related services, including therapies; or tutoring or remedial education."[1]

Responses

Following E.O. 13969, former HHS Secretary Alex Azar issued a statement arguing that the order would help all children access in-person schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic: "We know that in-person learning is essential to children’s flourishing, especially for vulnerable children, and that it can be done safely. We can defeat this pandemic and support healthy futures for our children at the same time."[3]

Following E.O. 13969, Derek Black, a law professor at the University of South Carolina law professor Derek Black told The 74 that the order "is a day late and a dollar short—a day late because the students have been waiting on federal leadership on the issue of school reopening for over half a year and a dollar short because this random idea to use health and human services funds is very unlikely to move the dial for many families."[4]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Federal Register Executive Order 13969, accessed April 10, 2023
  2. ↑ Health and Human Services, CSBG guidance, accessed April 17, 2023
  3. ↑ Politico, Trump Private School Pandemic, accessed May 24, 2023
  4. ↑ '"The 74 Million, Trump Issues School Choice Executive Order, accessed June 14, 2023
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