President Trump signed an executive order aimed at limiting federal funding to schools teaching certain topics related to race, sex, gender, or politics. He also seeks to expand school choice through Education Savings Accounts (ESAs). The order calls for a strategy from the incoming Education Secretary to end what Trump calls 'indoctrination' in K-12 education within 90 days. It directs the Attorney General to work with state and local authorities to pursue actions against school officials and teachers involved in 'sexually exploiting minors' or allowing social transitioning. Another order focuses on expanding school choice through ESAs, allowing families to divert public school funds to private, micro-schools, or homeschooling.
He ordered schools to stop what the White House calls radical indoctrination. He also called for aggressive action to fight antisemitism on college csigned an executive order on Wednesday that aims to find ways to cut federal funding to schools that teach certain topics related to race, sex, gender or politics.
Trump's pick for secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, has yet to be confirmed by the Senate. The order will also rely on actions from newly confirmed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who oversees schools run by the Department of Defense.Similar Republican-backed legislation has been implemented across the country, at the state level, placing restrictions on acceptable usage and lessons related to these categories.
Social transitioning is when a transgender person begins "using a different name, using different pronouns, dressing differently, starts or stops wearing make-up and jewelry," along with other factors, according to LGBTQ+ advocacy group GLAAD.
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