DeVos Won't Confirm She'll Protect LGBTQ Students From Discrimination

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) pressed Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to affirm that charter or private schools will not discriminate based on religion or sexuality. DeVos agreed that her department would follow anti-discrimination laws and deny federal funds to institutions that break them, but explained she wouldn't step into areas where the law is unclear, as it is with LGBTQ students. “On areas where the law is unsettled, this department is not going to be issuing decrees. That is a matter for Congress and the courts to settle,” DeVos said.