Trump Admin Eliminates Biden-Era Rule Funding Poll Workers With Student Aid
“Federal Work Study is meant to provide students opportunities to gain real-world experience that prepares them to succeed in the workforce, not as a way to fund political activism”
This is great news. It was outrageous when the Biden administration did this.
Campus Reform reports:
Trump administration ends Biden-era rule funding poll workers with student aid
The Department of Education announced on Aug. 19 that colleges may no longer use Federal Work Study (FWS) funds to employ students in political activities, rolling back a Biden-era policy that allowed taxpayer dollars to pay students serving as poll workers, voter hotline staff, or in voter registration drives.
FWS is a federal aid program that provides part-time jobs for students with financial need to help pay for college expenses. According to its website, the program is designed to support community service and work tied to a student’s academic field.
In its new guidance, the department said institutions are prohibited from using FWS funds “to employ students whose work involves any partisan or nonpartisan political activity.” The agency classified jobs such as poll workers, voter assistance staff, and those supporting voting legislation as ineligible because “these activities support the process of voting which is a quintessential political activity.”
At the same time, the department reiterated that schools must continue to make a “good faith” effort to distribute voter registration forms to students. It also directed institutions to implement “proper controls” to ensure that no FWS-funded positions involve political work.
“Federal Work Study is meant to provide students opportunities to gain real-world experience that prepares them to succeed in the workforce, not as a way to fund political activism on our college and university campuses,” Under Secretary of Education Nicholas Kent said in a press release.
He added that “under President Trump and Secretary McMahon’s leadership, the American taxpayer will no longer fund poll workers, voter hotlines, or political rallies on campus. We will also not require institutions to solicit students to register to vote if they know they are ineligible.”
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welfare for life
there are still hundreds if not thousands of tax funded programs keeping the socialists subsidizing their baby making life styles while they dont pay taxes and commit more crimes per capita than anyone can justify
but they can still collect medicare off the taxpayers if the do community service??
this is so f’d up its not even funny