{"id":1216361,"date":"2022-01-14T12:34:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T17:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1216361"},"modified":"2022-01-14T12:34:52","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T17:34:52","slug":"ethics-watchdog-calls-for-investigation-into-lurias-private-school-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ethics-watchdog-calls-for-investigation-into-lurias-private-school-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethics Watchdog Calls For Investigation Into Luria\u2019s Private School Ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fethics-watchdog-calls-for-investigation-into-lurias-private-school-ties%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1216361&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Swing district Dem failed to disclose her position on financial disclosures<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1234242925_736x514.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"denied:data:image\/gif;base64, R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1234242925_736x514.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1234242925_736x514-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1234242925_736x514-703x491.jpg 703w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tRep. Elaine Luria (D., Va.) \/ Getty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/alex-nester\/\" title=\"Posts by Alex Nester\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Alex Nester<\/a> \u2022 January 14, 2022 12:30 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A watchdog group is calling for an ethics investigation into a Virginia congresswoman who failed to disclose that she was once the head of private school.<\/p>\n<p>The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) on Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/65db7681-e755-4cff-abe7-1d9e373df4db.usrfiles.com\/ugd\/65db76_db4169c03cf94125b0b79855fb514844.pdf\">requested<\/a> the Office of Congressional Ethics look into Rep. Elaine Luria (D., Va.), whose financial disclosures omitted her role as president of Tidewater Montessori High School, Inc. Virginia corporation filings <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/elaine-luria-rails-against-school-choice-she-once-was-president-of-a-private-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">show<\/a> Luria served as president of the school from at least 2015 to 2019. The <em>Washington Free Beacon <\/em>reported in December that Luria did not list her position on financial disclosure forms in 2018 and 2019, in violation of House ethics rules.<\/p>\n<p>Luria, whose daughter attends a private middle school, railed against school choice and voucher programs on the campaign trail.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I stand strongly against voucher systems,&#8221; Luria said in 2018. &#8220;I stand strongly against any type of charter schools that would remove funding from our public education, because the public education that we provide across America is the foundation of our future generation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Freshman representatives must report on their financial disclosure forms any non-federal positions held within two years of their election. Luria did not list her position at Tidewater Montessori High School, Inc.&nbsp; on her 2018 candidate finance forms or her annual congressional reports in 2019 and 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whether intentional or not, it seems that Rep. Luria failed to properly disclose her corporate position on any of her Congressional Financial Disclosure Statements,&#8221; FACT executive director Kendra Arnold said in a statement. &#8220;Failing to do so is an egregious lack of transparency that erodes public trust and leaves citizens unaware of potential conflicts of interest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While many public schools in Virginia remained closed for more than a year over coronavirus concerns, Luria&#8217;s daughter&#8217;s school <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghentmontessorischool.com\/covid-19-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reopened<\/a> for in-person learning in the fall of 2020. Luria and other House Democrats in February 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-blocks-quick-consideration-of-school-reopening-legislation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blocked<\/a> a Republican effort to give federal funds to schools that reopened during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats who oppose school choice often send their children to private schools. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) lied about sending her son to a private school when pressed by a school-choice activist, after opposing private and charter schools on the presidential campaign trail in 2019. Former Virginia governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-campaign-spot\/another-anti-voucher-democrat-kids-best-private-school-jim-geraghty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terry McAuliffe<\/a> vetoed a bill to boost charter school growth in the state, but sent at least four of his kids to the Potomac School in McLean, Va.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats Swing district Dem failed to disclose her position on financial disclosures  Rep. 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