DUCKWORTH, DURBIN JOIN BICAMERAL COALITION IN PRESSING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ON ILLEGAL REALLOCATION OF FUNDING FOR MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono and a bicameral coalition in pressing Secretary of Education Linda McMahon on the Administration's illegal decision to redirect funding from Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) to other institutions. In a letter to Secretary McMahon, the members emphasized that while increasing funding for those institutions is important, the additional investments cannot come at the expense of MSIs that serve millions of students nationwide. The letter also reiterated the illegal nature of the decision to redirect funding that was statut...