WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined their colleagues in urging Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to reverse the Department of Education's decision to discontinue $168 million in Full-Service Community Schools grants across 12 states, including Illinois. In the letter led by U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), the Senators expressed deep concern that the abrupt cuts to this funding in the middle of the school year will force schools to shut down essential programs that support students' academic performance and facilitate families' access to food, housing and health care, a...