Education Secretary Miguel Cardona slammed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for a Republican budget proposal the White House estimates would cut 22% from the nation’s budget and tighten funding for America’s schools, going as far as to call it an attempt to “undermine education.”
On a call with reporters Tuesday, Cardona said the budget cuts would hurt students and student loan borrowers in part by eliminating loan forgiveness, “pulling 60,000 educators and support staff from schools” and “derail(ing) the response to the youth mental health crisis in this country.”
