Dan Lips

Senior Fellow @JoinFAI @FREOPP @MasonNatSec | Former Senate HSGAC policy director

[Dan Lips @DanLips]

In the @FT today, I explain how President Trump, the Treasury Department, and @SenJoniErnst are working to save tens of billions by strengthening the Do Not Pay system, which President Obama created in 2010.

This reform should have bipartisan support. @SenatorDurbin @RonWyden @SenGaryPeters sponsored similar reforms last year.

[Financial Times @FT]

America’s war on government waste deserves bipartisan support https://t.co/UtMRHCXTLg | opinion

[Joni Ernst @SenJoniErnst]

Governors have pledged to fight fraud. Time to put that pledge into action!

Think of Treasury’s Do Not Pay program like a home security system: it only works if you turn it on. This FREE tool helps stop improper payments before they go out the door.

Put it to work and protect taxpayer dollars!

https://t.co/MIh1sYgAao

[Foundation for American Innovation 🇺🇸🚀 @JoinFAI]

State elected officials have access to a tool they can leverage immediately to crack down on fraud, @DanLips writes for @dcexaminer.

They can call @USTreasury today and start using Do Not Pay to prevent improper payments in federally funded programs.
https://t.co/XsJb7iqmz9

[FREOPP @FREOPP]

In Florida and Arizona, where families of kids with disabilities have the most established school choice options, those complaints are much less common.

FREOPP’s @DanLips writes that letting parents switch schools could spare more families from fighting their district:

https://t.co/1mdRCqBsRx

[Matt Lewis @mattklewis]

Dear Republicans, ..

https://t.co/kS9IHw2X6z

[Dan Lips @DanLips]

The answer to the K-12 ESA implementation challenge could be a credit card that balances parental choice with proper oversight.

[Amaan @amaankahmad]

We're excited to announce Pathfinder's $16M in funding with our Series A led by Portage with participation from Reach Capital, Gradient and Stand Together Ventures Lab

If this animates and excites you, we're hiring: https://t.co/SjNimZgG5v

[Amaan @amaankahmad]

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[Dan Lips @DanLips]

@conncarroll Yes, EB-5 visas.

Look forward to reading the new editorial.

[Abduweli Ayup @AbduwelA]

Uyghur kids are Chinese boarding schools. It was a first month for the kid in the video in a Chinese boarding school in the Uyghur homeland. He refused to eat and kept crying. The mother said “I wonder when you will adjust yourself to the boarding school”

[Dan Lips @DanLips]

@MrDanielBuck Your most accurate post to date.

Congrats, Dan!

[Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” @MrDanielBuck]

Is school choice the answer to the sorry state of special education?

https://t.co/MpQsiIc3Zs

[Emily Hanford @ehanford]

Interviews with former students offer a rare firsthand account of one of the largest education experiments in history, challenging decades of criticism of Direct Instruction.
https://t.co/wi5d3M62i0

[Dan Lips @DanLips]

https://t.co/WdjYcL4ZiG

[Dan Lips @DanLips]

.@ehanford is right.

I wrote about Project Follow Through for @JoinFAI.

It's a tragedy that it was ignored.

[Emily Hanford @ehanford]

The study provided some answers. But didn’t change education.
“It’s just astonishing to me that we’re still fighting the same battles."
Read about the history of Project Follow Through.
https://t.co/vJ2u4MPH5W

[Foundation for American Innovation 🇺🇸🚀 @JoinFAI]

It’s been exciting to see many governors and state financial officers signing onto @VP’s anti-fraud pledge.

As @DanLips wrote for @CityJournal this summer, partnering with @USTreasury to use Do Not Pay would be a great first step for states to take.
https://t.co/NvPiXB7fHa

[Dan Lips @DanLips]

100%.

IDEA solved a real injustice: kids with disabilities shut out of school.

To reauthorize IDEA, Congress should examine over-identification, which strains services for the kids who need them most.

[Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” @MrDanielBuck]

Hear me out:

Under no circumstances should anxiety qualify a student for special education

When IDEA passed, no one lawmakers were not thinking about tweens who get nervous sometimes

[Dan Lips @DanLips]

The last time Congress reauthorized IDEA, the hottest phone was a Motorola RAZR.

A lot has changed since 2004, including the rise of education choice for students with disabilities.

My new paper proposes a grand bargain to reform special education.

[AEI Education @AEIeducation]

🚨 New CERN Report: A Grand Bargain to Reform the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Shifting from Due Process to Education Choice, by @DanLips

Congress should increase funding for states providing education options to children with special needs. https://t.co/5UeqUdwrHO

[Dan Lips @DanLips]

@CreditFlex @AEI Agreed, but Tier 1/2 would be just one slice of the oversight. Congress should look at the referral pipeline, resource scarcity, the role of due process complaints, choice programs, and the supply of private school options. The problems are connected.

[Dan Lips @DanLips]

More than 7 million kids are served by IDEA. But a legal right to a free appropriate public education hasn’t guaranteed access to an education that works.

My new @AEI paper proposes a grand bargain: shift special ed from due process to education choice. 🧵

[Dan Lips @DanLips]

Thanks, Ginny! A first step toward IDEA reform is congressional oversight. Last year, Ginny brought powerful parent advocates to the Hill to highlight unfairness in special education. Congress should hold hearings and invite experts like her.

[Ginny Gentles @GinnyGentles]

Families shouldn't need a lawyer to access services for their child with disabilities. @DanLips proposes a "grand bargain": substantial new federal funding contingent on states giving families ESAs and scholarships.

Dan conceived both education savings accounts (ESAs) AND 529s for K-12 students. His new @AEIeducation paper is definitely worth a read. ⤵️

[Dan Lips @DanLips]

@KrisKobach1787 One easy step is Treasury’s Do Not Pay, which is free for states. Oregon has saved $15M in improper payments since 2020, and Tennessee caught $400K+ paid on behalf of dead people.

Kansas should partner with Treasury to improve pre-payment vetting.

[Dan Lips @DanLips]

https://t.co/yK2ARYhKmk

[Dan Lips @DanLips]

Great stuff.

Each of these 22 states should partner with Treasury to use Do Not Pay for pre-payment screening.

[State Financial Officers Foundation @SFOF_States]

We're proud to stand alongside @VP Vance and the @WHFraudTF. 22 state financial officers have already signed the pledge, strengthening the coalition against fraud.