The Biden administration is pulling back an Education Department proposal to end data collection on allegations and incidents of sexual assault by school staff members after House Republicans blew the whistle.
It’s the latest in a growing national trend of Democrat-run bodies blocking and covering up reports of rapes in government-run schools.
On December 3, 2021 House Education and Labor Committee Republican leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and several other Republican committee members sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona denouncing proposal, which undermined student safety in schools.
In part, the letter read: “Unfortunately, this proposed action by the Department continues the Biden administration’s troubling trend of undermining parental rights in education. The Biden administration has repeatedly demonstrated that it cares more about the self-interests of teachers unions than the best interests of children.”
“I was astounded when the Office for Civil Rights proposed removing questions related to incidents of sexual assaults by staff members in K-12 schools. Parents send their children to school expecting them to be safe—this kind of behavior cannot be swept under the rug. Teachers and school staff are not exempt from accountability nor should schools be able to dodge transparency so easily,” said Foxx.
“While I am glad that the Department has reversed course, I still have questions about why this decision was made in the first place. Keeping our children safe in school is not a partisan issue. It should not have been necessary to hold the Biden administration’s feet to the fire to get this proposal reversed. The safety of students should never come second,” said Foxx.
It’s the latest example in a growing trend of Democrats trying to block and cover up reports of rapes in schools.
Last year Virginia’s Democrat-run state legislature repealed a law requiring schools to report when many sexual assaults of children on campus. The bill was signed into law by Democrat Governor Ralph Northam.
Loudoun County, Virginia’s Democrat-run school board went so far as to publicly cover-up the brutal rape of a girl in school bathroom, quietly transferring the now-convicted rapist to another school where he raped again.
After rape allegations surfaced, the school board publicly denied the assaults occurred, fearing it would jeopardize support for liberal social policies. When a victim’s father attempted to speak about the rapes in a public meeting, officials ordered him arrested.
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Michael Brigham
Michael Brigham has written for American Action News since the summer of 2019. His areas of expertise include foreign affairs, government, and politics, but regardless of the subject matter, he has a nose and an insatiable appetite for news. In his free time, he enjoys reading nonfiction, watching a mix of comedies and true crime documentaries, and spending time away from the swamp hiking in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.
Sexual assaulting Creepy Joe, wants all those who aspire to be like him get their dirty deeds brushed under the carpet. Dems are pervs and perv enablers!
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This is both shocking and unacceptable. Parents send their children to school to get an education.Sexual assault on a student or for that matter anyone within the system that may become a victim with no where to turn is damaging to the life of the victim. I would hope that an investigation of these allegations begins as quickly as possible.
A tall tree and a short piece of rope would put a stop to children being assaulted
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Time to Impeach the human tater tot biden and the Bimbo harris for Treason and Sedition against the American People and the Constitution
HE ACTS LIKE A PEDSPHILE AROUND LITTLE GIRLS, SO MAYBE HE’S TRYING TO HIDE IF HE GETS CAUGHT!
Dems were always perverts in many ways, supplying kids to pervert diplomats! There hidden partys! All the personal stunts with all the people trying to tell there stories,that are hushed! Paid off! And more. Everyone knows and it continues! Clinton’s stole kids from Hattie! Dems involved in pizza gate scandals! It just keeps coming! Demorats have nothing to do and make to much money and this is what you get voting for demorats! Perverts! You have the biggest one as a fake puppet president right now!
Biden and his administration doesn’t care about Americans especially the Children he only cares about the Elites.
Just like the china government covering up their rape victims, the communist democrat pedophile racist woke finger rapists cult party, follows suit.
Dems=Pro crime
Seems school boards have only one response to comments and questions about their behavior. Arrest the parents and if they resist, beat them. These boards are front and center with others who denigrate and defund the police.
What’s puzzling is the very targets of their abuse ignore complaints by parents but are more than compliant for their abusers. Parents know what’s going on or they wouldn’t be there. The mass exodus from public schools is overdue. Time to remind them that children belong to the parents.