{"id":4972,"date":"2017-06-06T16:31:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T20:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/betsy-devos-it-is-not-the-education-departments-job-to-protect-lgbtq-students\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:08:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:08:50","slug":"betsy-devos-it-is-not-the-education-departments-job-to-protect-lgbtq-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/betsy-devos-it-is-not-the-education-departments-job-to-protect-lgbtq-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Betsy DeVos: No es trabajo del Departamento de Educaci\u00f3n proteger a los estudiantes LGBTQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>La secretaria de Educaci\u00f3n de Estados Unidos, Betsy DeVos, dijo el martes que su agencia no otorgar\u00eda fondos federales a escuelas privadas que desaf\u00eden las leyes federales contra la discriminaci\u00f3n. Sin embargo, sugiri\u00f3 que no es trabajo del Departamento de Educaci\u00f3n prevenir la discriminaci\u00f3n contra los estudiantes en casos en los que las leyes federales antidiscriminaci\u00f3n son turbias, como con los estudiantes LGBTQ.<\/p>\n<p>DeVos particip\u00f3 en una audiencia pol\u00e9mica ante el Subcomit\u00e9 de Asignaciones de Trabajo, Salud y Servicios Humanos y Educaci\u00f3n del Senado el martes por la ma\u00f1ana. All\u00ed, dem\u00f3cratas y republicanos criticaron al secretario por el presupuesto propuesto por la administraci\u00f3n, que recortar\u00eda miles de millones de d\u00f3lares en fondos para la educaci\u00f3n p\u00fablica y al mismo tiempo aumentar\u00eda el dinero para apoyar los programas de elecci\u00f3n de escuelas. El presupuesto destina parte de estos fondos a ayudar a los estudiantes a asistir&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/education\/trumps-first-full-education-budget-deep-cuts-to-public-school-programs-in-pursuit-of-school-choice\/2017\/05\/17\/2a25a2cc-3a41-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html?utm_term=.e9fdc5d78e61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">escuelas privadas y religiosas<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mientras era interrogado por el senador Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), DeVos no dijo definitivamente si las escuelas privadas que reciben fondos federales ser\u00edan castigadas por discriminaci\u00f3n religiosa o discriminaci\u00f3n contra estudiantes lesbianas, gays, bisexuales, transg\u00e9nero y queer. Sostuvo que a estas escuelas se les exigir\u00eda seguir las leyes federales contra la discriminaci\u00f3n, pero dijo que el Departamento de Educaci\u00f3n no emitir\u00eda ninguna directiva m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de eso.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>La Secretaria de Educaci\u00f3n, Betsy DeVos, se prepara para testificar ante el Subcomit\u00e9 de Asignaciones de Trabajo, Salud y Servicios Humanos y Educaci\u00f3n del Senado el martes por la ma\u00f1ana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEn \u00e1reas donde la ley no est\u00e1 resuelta, este departamento no emitir\u00e1 decretos. Ese es un asunto que el Congreso y los tribunales deben resolver\u201d, dijo DeVos, cuando Merkley lo presion\u00f3.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCreo que usted acaba de decir que, en los casos en los que hay incertidumbre, ese tipo de discriminaci\u00f3n seguir\u00e1 estando permitida en su programa. Si eso es incorrecto, corr\u00edjalo para que conste en acta\u201d, respondi\u00f3 Merkley, y luego pregunt\u00f3 sobre la discriminaci\u00f3n religiosa.<\/p>\n<p>DeVos volvi\u00f3 a dar una respuesta poco espec\u00edfica: \u201cLas escuelas que reciben fondos federales seguir\u00e1n la ley federal, punto\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>En respuesta, Merkley dijo que DeVos hab\u00eda eludido la pregunta.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCreo que es muy importante que el p\u00fablico sepa que hoy, la secretaria de educaci\u00f3n, ante este comit\u00e9, se neg\u00f3 a afirmar que presentar\u00eda un programa que prohibir\u00eda la discriminaci\u00f3n basada en el estatus LGBTQ de los estudiantes o que prohibir\u00eda la discriminaci\u00f3n basada en religi\u00f3n\u201d, afirm\u00f3.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLa discriminaci\u00f3n en cualquier forma est\u00e1 mal. No apoyo la discriminaci\u00f3n de ninguna forma\u201d, respondi\u00f3 DeVos.<\/p>\n<p>Los estudiantes con discapacidades reciben protecci\u00f3n bajo la Ley de Estadounidenses con Discapacidades y otras reglas federales protegen a los estudiantes contra la discriminaci\u00f3n racial y de g\u00e9nero en las escuelas.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edweek.org\/ew\/articles\/2017\/06\/07\/in-states-private-school-vouchers-few-safeguards-against.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Semana de la Educaci\u00f3n<\/a>&nbsp;informes. En el pasado, algunas escuelas que participan en programas de vales a nivel estatal han utilizado dinero p\u00fablico para impedir&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/news\/local\/article95390197.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">estudiantes LGBTQ&nbsp;<\/a>o rechazar a los estudiantes con&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/04\/11\/us\/school-vouchers-disability.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">necesidades especiales<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Los senadores Patty Murray (D-Wash.) y Jack Reed (DR.I.) tambi\u00e9n presionaron a DeVos sobre estos temas el martes. El secretario repiti\u00f3 un estribillo familiar: \u201cCualquier escuela que acepte fondos federales seguir\u00e1 las leyes federales, punto, sin discriminaci\u00f3n\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Hace varias semanas, DeVos enfrent\u00f3 una l\u00ednea de interrogatorio similar mientras comparec\u00eda ante un subcomit\u00e9 de Asignaciones de la C\u00e1mara de Representantes. En ese intercambio, la representante Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) pregunt\u00f3 a DeVos si su departamento intervendr\u00eda en los casos en que las escuelas privadas financiadas con fondos federales intentaran prohibir a los estudiantes LGBTQ. En respuesta, DeVos dijo que los estados deber\u00edan tener flexibilidad para determinar las reglas de admisi\u00f3n para los programas de elecci\u00f3n de escuelas privadas.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;La conclusi\u00f3n es que creemos que los padres son los mejor equipados para tomar decisiones sobre la escolarizaci\u00f3n y la educaci\u00f3n de sus hijos&quot;.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/betsy-devos-lgbtq-students_us_5925b7f5e4b0ec129d319c3b\">De Vos dijo<\/a>&nbsp;En el momento. &quot;Los estados y las comunidades locales est\u00e1n mejor equipados para tomar estas decisiones y este marco&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Las respuestas de DeVos tambi\u00e9n recibieron algunos elogios en la audiencia del Senado del martes. El presidente del subcomit\u00e9, Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), dijo a DeVos que no es su trabajo \u201cdecidir lo que dice la ley federal, si es turbia. \u2026Ese es trabajo de los tribunales o del Congreso, no del Departamento de Educaci\u00f3n. Creo que eso es lo que te escucho decir repetidamente y estoy de acuerdo con eso\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>DeVos se ha enfrentado a una oposici\u00f3n generalizada de grupos de derechos civiles y grupos que defienden a los estudiantes LGBTQ. El lunes, un peque\u00f1o grupo de destacados l\u00edderes de derechos civiles se pronunci\u00f3 en contra de DeVos antes de la audiencia presupuestaria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLos tribunales ya han repudiado el retiro por parte del Secretario DeVos de la orientaci\u00f3n que salva vidas y que apoya a los estudiantes transg\u00e9nero. Sus recientes declaraciones de que permitir\u00eda que las escuelas privadas discriminen abiertamente con d\u00f3lares federales son inaceptables\u201d, dijo el lunes Mara Keisling, directora ejecutiva del Centro Nacional para la Igualdad Transg\u00e9nero, en un comunicado.&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Tuesday that her agency would not give federal funds to private schools that defy federal antidiscrimination laws. However, she suggested it is not the Department of Education&rsquo;s job to prevent discrimination against students in cases in which federal antidiscrimination laws are murky, such as with LGBTQ students. 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