Nineteen state go to court against Trump and Co. trying to erase K-12 school’s talking about diversity, equity and inclusion…
Trump IS also working Higher Education and the Federal Government in this effort…
His efforts at economic ‘Black Mail’ to undo decades of efforts to teach American students the country’s history, biases and issues is being fought in Federal Courtrooms across the country…
The monies (Billions) involved HAVE BEEN approved by Congressional Laws….
The Supreme’s Alito 5 view, canceling race policy for the country, HAS BEEN used to try undo gains for sectors of the American public gained in the past….
A coalition of states sued the Trump administration on Friday to block its plans to withhold billions of dollars in federal funding over diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in K-12 schools.
The lawsuit, led by California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota and New York, argues that an ultimatum delivered by the U.S. Department of Education earlier this month to comply with the Trump administration’s interpretation of federal anti-discrimination law was unconstitutional and unlawful. Under the directive, states are required to certify their schools will adhere to a 2023 Supreme Court ruling that prohibits the use of race in a range of decisions including admissions, financial aid and other aspects of education.
“Claiming that diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility programs are a form of discrimination is entirely illogical,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said at a news briefing. “It makes no sense and has no substance. It’s a tight soundbite Trump can use to fuel his campaign to dismantle America’s education system and roll back progress across the nation.”
While federal judges temporarily blocked Trump’s order earlier this week in separate rulings, the attorneys-general from 19 states filed the lawsuit in hopes of winning a decisive ruling that bars the administration from withholding funding over its DEI demands.
Bonta said the states’ lawsuit goes beyond the claims brought in the earlier cases by teacher unions and civil rights groups by, among other things, challenging the legal basis of a letter a senior education official sent in February threatening the loss of funding if schools did not end diversity programs….
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Trump officials have argued they have the authority to control the spigot of federal school dollars. “Federal financial assistance is a privilege, not a right. When state education commissioners accept federal funds, they agree to abide by federal antidiscrimination requirements,” Craig Trainor, the department’s acting assistant secretary for civil rights, said in a statement when the order was announced.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said in a statement that the Trump administration is attempting to “illegally stop the allocation of these Congressionally-mandated funds in order to push a vague, anti-DEI agenda at the expense of some of the most vulnerable children in Illinois and across the country.” The state receives $1.4 billion in federal funding for schools…..
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