Congressional members seek to save Latinos in Action program in Broward

Some federal lawmakers are asking the Trump administration to reconsider ordering Broward schools to end a program focused on empowering Latino youth, saying the demand was based on a “grossly inadequate and incomplete investigation.”

Four Democratic U.S. representatives who represent Broward — Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Jared Moskowitz, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and Frederica Wilson — reject an assertion by the federal government that the Utah-based Latinos in Action discriminates against non-Latino students. They say the program should be saved.

They are sending a letter to U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon that is co-signed by the state’s four other Democratic members of Congress: Lois Frankel of West Palm Beach, Maxwell Frost of Orlando, Darren Soto of Kissimmee and Kathy Castor of Tampa.

The Broward School Board is scheduled to vote Nov. 12 to on a request by Superintendent Howard Hepburn to terminate its contract with Latinos in Action, which provides materials for a leadership class in the district.

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