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Owens promotes Education Choice of Children's Act, criticizes DEI and affirmative action
Summary
Congressman Burgess Owens described proposed legislation that would let private donors receive tax credits to fund scholarships through nonprofit scholarship-granting organizations, and he criticized diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies and affirmative action during a Washington Watch interview.
Congressman Burgess Owens promoted legislation he described as the Education Choice of Children's Act, saying the bill would create nonprofit scholarship-granting organizations funded by private donors who would receive tax credits and that parents could use those funds for public, parochial or homeschool options.
"The blessing of the last 4 years is that we now are 1 as a nation... 30%, only 30 percent of our country's kids are proficient in math and reading. That is... unacceptable," Owens said, introducing the proposal. "It's a nonprofit. There's no link to…
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