The Biden administration confirmed this week that it is not giving key federal funds to elementary and secondary schools that offer hunting or archery courses.
Fox News reported that the Department of Education said in a statement that funding from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965 was being blocked because of its interpretation of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) — a gun control bill that was signed into law following a shooting in Uvalde, Texas, last year after Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) “expended two decades of political capital” to get it passed, as The Texas Tribune reports.
The withheld federal funds earmarked under ESEA for schools with hunting and archery programs impact thousands of schools and potentially millions of students across the country.
“This prohibition applies to all ESEA funds,” the Department said. “The prohibition went into effect immediately on June 25, 2022 and applies to all existing and future awards under all…
