Trump gave schools 2 weeks to ban DEI. Lawyers say it's not that simple.
Craig Trainor, the Education Department's acting assistant secretary for civil rights, said in the letter that the law now ...
WA superintendent tells schools to stand firm on ‘race-based’ programs
Washington's state school superintendent has told districts the Trump administration's directive to end “race-based” ...
Schools scramble after federal order to remove DEI initiatives
"Many educational leaders, out of fear, will go and scrub their websites and attempt to rename programs and services,” said ...
NJ school districts at a loss: Feds say drop diversity efforts, but NJ requires them
A letter from the Trump administration told schools to end diversity programs or lose funding. NJ requires schools to include ...
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Catholic universities scrambling amid Trump's diversity crackdown
The Department of Education is threatening the federal funding of any school, including Catholic ones, that considers race in ...
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‘We are not going backward.’ Washington schools chief tells districts to maintain DEI programs despite Trump threat
Washington’s top education leader says schools shouldn’t make any changes in response to the Trump administration’s recent ...
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Va. teacher diversity grants, training under review for federal compliance
A 2021 state law requires anyone seeking a teaching license to complete “cultural competency” training. The state budget, since 2018, has included $50,000 a year to help provisionally licensed teacher ...
House GOP bill would ban DEI offices at Iowa state agencies, cities, counties and schools
State agencies, counties, cities and schools would be banned from having diversity, equity and inclusion offices or DEI ...
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Washington schools maintain DEI programs despite U.S. Dept. of Education letter on discrimination
State Superintendent Chris Reykdal announced that Washington school district should not make changes to policies, practices ...
School officials unsure what Trump administration threat to education funding really means
Many local administrators won’t weigh in publicly yet, but some experts question how a letter from the Department of Education will apply and how much money is at stake.