K-12 schools must sign certification against DEI to receive federal money, administration says

[dalton99a]

https://apnews.com/article/dei-trump-school-discrimination-federal-funding-7d1025753b9bd924711ace4069fca399

K-12 schools must sign certification against DEI to receive federal money, administration says
By COLLIN BINKLEY
Updated 11:31 AM CDT, April 3, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — As a condition for receiving federal money, the Trump administration is ordering K-12 schools to certify that they are following federal civil rights laws and eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion practices.

A notice sent Thursday by the Education Department gives states and schools 10 days to sign and return the certification. It’s the latest escalation against DEI policies, apparently giving the Republican administration a new lever for terminating federal money.

“Federal financial assistance is a privilege, not a right,” Craig Trainor, acting assistant secretary for civil rights, said in a statement. He said many schools have flouted their legal obligations, “including by using DEI programs to discriminate against one group of Americans to favor another.”

The certification asks state and school leaders to sign a “reminder of legal obligations” acknowledging their federal money is conditioned on compliance with federal civil rights laws. It also demands compliance with several pages of legal analysis written by the administration.

“The use of certain DEI practices can violate federal law,” the administration wrote in the certification, adding that it is illegal for programs to advantage one race over another.

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[Tickle]

1. No surprises here

Idiot said he was going to do this and he is.

Idiots that voted for him should be ashamed, but they're not 🤬😠😡

[Diamond_Dog]

2. Armies of Karens will be deployed to each school to enforce compliance.

Large framed photo of the orange dotard will be required on every classroom wall.

[dalton99a]

3. +1

[applegrove]

4. Is mad/sad an emotion? Kids will die. The out kids

are at such a risk of becoming (being made homeless). Adolescence is such a hard time for kids and now they force kids back into the closet by fiat. Kids should be figuring themselves out and celebrating their strengths and that includes their sexual preference and gender. Maybe this is as simple as Republicans don't want kids growing up as outsiders, or others, so they will suppress any empathy they feel for other outsiders and they, and their friends and families, will be more likely to vote Republican?

[Lovie777]

5. The whole administration need to be impeached...................

the rate they are going the USA will be broke.

[Botany]

6. If you have a problem with DEI the problem is with you not DEI

The world is filled with people who don’t look like you, speak like you do, worship or
do not worship like you, or has sex like you so just do deal with it. Anti DEI just means
you want to be a sexist, racist, bigoted shit and be public about it.

This is madness.

[dalton99a]

7. +1