By Dan Spalding
News Now Warsaw
WARSAW — As President Donald Trump moves forward with the dismantling of the US Department of Education, educators are watching closely to determine exactly what that will mean.
Billions of dollars are at stake for states across the country but there are some signs that money will remain intact as oversight could apparently be shifted to another yet-to-be-determined other area of the federal government.
Warsaw Community Schools Superintendent Dr. David Hoffert sees it developing in one of two directions.
In one scenario, Hoffert speculates, the elimination of the department could essentially mean elimination of the so-called middle man in terms of how money is channeled to local schools.
On the other hand, it could lead to reductions in funding as the Trump Administration, with the Department of Government Efficiency, continues to slash federally funded programs and services.
“I’m really hoping that it’s the first one and that you know what ‘we’re just looking at shifting some of these things and ‘we believe in the state control of this,’ ” Hoffert said.
“And that could be a really good thing for students,” he said.
He also acknowledged that funding cuts are still possible but that maybe it would happen over a series of years
Hoffert made the comments during a taping of In The Know, the public affairs show that can be heard this weekend on Kensington Digital Media radio stations.
Other points of discussion included the expansion of the dual language immersion program into the high school next year and the new transfer rule involving high school athletes.
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Saturdays at 7 a.m.
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WRSW (107.3):
Sundays at 6 a.m.
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