School Archery, Hunting Programs Blocked by Biden Admin From Receiving Federal Funding
The Biden administration’s Education Department is blocking school archery and hunting programs from receiving federal funding, Fox News Digital reported.
Last year, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 was amended to prevent federal school funding from being used to provide “training in the use of a dangerous weapon.” The amendment, included in gun control legislation passed and signed into law in June 2022, aimed to “promote safer, more inclusive and positive school environments for all students, educators, and school staff,” the Education Department stated in a press release.
The legislation, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, passed the House in a 234-193 vote and the Senate in a 65-33 vote, with many Republicans crossing party lines to support the measure following mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas.
Republican Senators John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina penned a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona this month stating that they believe the Department of Education is misinterpreting the BSCA provision regarding school funding. The senators noted that it was intended to prevent education funds from being used for school resource officer training, which is funded under a different provision.
“We were alarmed to learn recently that the Department of Education has misinterpreted the BCSA to require the defunding of certain longstanding educational and enrichment programs — specifically, archery and hunter education classes — for thousands of children, who rely on these programs to develop life skills, learn firearm safety and build self-esteem,” the senators wrote. (Read more from “School Archery, Hunting Programs Blocked by Biden Admin From Receiving Federal Funding” HERE)
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