“Illinois “received $5.1 billion at an elementary school there that used it for equity and diversity.”
What PolitiFact found
Illinois received about $5.1 billion to support reopening schools, mostly split among about 850 districts. Equity and diversity was emphasized in reopening strategies, but money was spent in a wide variety of areas.
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In short
Marjorie Taylor Greene (U.S. House Representative from Georgia) made this claim around 1 February 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 3 February 2023, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Marjorie Taylor Greene has 25 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 4 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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