school financeek reporter darrell burnett joins us now with the conversation on schools reopening this fall. president trump has made it clear he wants schools to reopen this fall and has gone so far to say last week he will cut off federal funding for schools that do not reopen. can he do that? guest: my understanding of that is no or it would be difficult for them to do that. mostiggest thing is that federal funding has already been sent out for the school year. the second thing is that congress controls the purse strings. they have created rules around exactly when money gets sent out, how much, and exactly what school districts need to do to receive that money. the last thing is that if congress decides to provide more bailout money for school districts, they would have to agree to give the strings to betsy devos to decide when and how to dole out money. one of the things i want to point out is federal money is targeted toward low income schools. what betsy divorce is saying is devos.y divorce -- host: we talk about what is being proposed in the heroes act that are being pushed rig

school financeek reporter darrell burnett joins us now with the conversation on schools reopening thisl. president trump has made it

coming up thursday morning, education weeks darrell burnett discusses the financial needs of schoolslanning to reopen under a pandemic. and then dr. jake dortch, founder and clinical director of cure urgent care talks about the spike in coronavirus cases around the country. watching c-span's washington journal, at 7:00 eastern, thursday morning. be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> thursday on the c-span networks, the house homeland security subcommittee investigates the threats posed by militia extremists. that is 10:00 a.m. on c-span. at 2:00 p.m., congressional black caucus chair karen best speaks at the national press conference at on c-span2 at 10: 45, house speaker nancy pelosi holds her weekly briefing and at noon, a house financial services subcommittee looks into mortgage protections for homeowners through the cares act. stittma governor kevin became the first u.s. governor to test positive for the coronavirus. he spoke about his diagnosis and his symptoms during a virtual news conference that began with an up