A new report by Parents Defending Education (PDE) reveals that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has allocated over $100 million in grants to school districts across 36 states between 2021 and 2024 for education programs emphasizing restorative justice, social-emotional learning, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The report highlights concerns about the DOJ's funding priorities, particularly its support for initiatives that promote critical race theory, critical gender theory, and queer theory.
The Department of Justice spent over $100 million over the last four years on education programs related to restorative justice , social-emotional learning and diversity, equity and inclusion , according to a new report.
According to the report, which was first reported by the Daily Wire, the DOJ spent $45,207,178 on “project proposals that broadly mention restorative practices or social emotional learning,” $32,084,529 spent on “proposals that discuss diversity, equity, or inclusion or explicitly explain how the project is intended to improve outcomes for a specific demographic group” and $19,881,347 spent on certification for consultants that “often promote divisive concepts such as critical race theory,...
The report also highlighted the DOJ’s STOP School Violence Program, which the group warned aimed to “improve school climate” by switching from disciplinary actions to “social emotional learning.”“More often than not, when schools mention ‘improving school climate’ they mean replacing exclusionary discipline with restorative practices and social-emotional learning,” PDE wrote.
The PDE clarified that the numbers were only based on available data with some counties with multiple grants being counted only once, saying the real number “is likely much higher.
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