Manchin seeks federal help for state's 10,000 homeless students
Sen. Joe Manchin said he took the plight of West Virginias 10,000 homeless students to the countrys top education official this week, asking for federal attention on the states issue.
Manchin, D-W.Va., called the number of homeless students, nearly 1 in every 25, absolutely unacceptable.
He said he spoke with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Sept. 17 for 30 minutes via phone in what he called, a very productive conversation on the states rising number of students recorded as homeless under the federal governments definition.
I invited her to come to West Virginia, and she said shell come and just do a complete review of whats going on in rural West Virginia, Manchin said.
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