DeVos may let schools buy guns with federal money

Betsy DeVos’ Education Department is considering allowing states to spend federal funds on guns and gun training for school personnel, according to sources familiar with the matter. The administration began deliberating the move earlier this year after Texas and Oklahoma asked Education Department if schools could buy weapons using federal funds known as Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants, or Title IV, a senior administration official and another source familiar with the matter told NBC News. Texas school districts want to know whether they can use the grant money on "guns, gun training/marshal training for school personnel, metal protectors, bullet proof entries, or other services associated with crisis management," according to an internal Education Department email provided to NBC News by a source. The political leadership at the Education Department has been receptive to the idea from the start, while career staff have pushed back, according to the source. "Their inclination on all this is states can do whatever they want with Title IV money," the source said. "If you think arming teachers is a good, why wouldn’t you want to? They were looking for reasons to allow it." The Education Department is still weighing the issue and "no decision is imminent," the senior administration official told NBC. "The Department is constantly considering and evaluating policy issues, particularly issues related to school safety," Education Department press secretary Liz Hill said in a statement. "The Secretary nor the Department issues opinions on hypothetical scenarios." The Education Department’s potential move was […]

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