DoomsdaysCW<p>States defying <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> anti-<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> deadline risk losing education federal funding</p><p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NAACP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NAACP</span></a> and the Legal Defense Fund have filed "a federal lawsuit blasting the Trump administration for a 'legally flawed' interpretation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964."</p><p>Story by Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner, April 22, 2025</p><p>Excerpt: "In total, at least 16 states and Puerto Rico intend to sign the certification, according to Education Weekly, while 16 states have declined to sign.</p><p>"Many of the states that have flat out refused to sign the order by citing their commitment to DEI policies are led by Democratic governors.</p><p>"Among those states are New York, the first state to publicly thumb its nose at the certification request, Colorado, Washington, Minnesota, Oregon, Wisconsin, Vermont, and Utah, with the latter two states having Republican governors.</p><p>[...]</p><p>"In Fiscal Year 2022, federal funding accounted for 14% of K-12 education funding. State and local funding provided 87% of K-12 funding.</p><p>"In fiscal 2024, the Department of Education spent $18.8 billion for schools with large numbers of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/poor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poor</span></a>, neglected, delinquent, and other '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EducationallyDisadvantaged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EducationallyDisadvantaged</span></a>' students, as well as $55 billion in COVID-19 grants to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PreK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PreK</span></a> programs, elementary, and secondary schools, according to Pew Research Center.</p><p>"Should the Department of Education strip states of federal funding, it could force cuts during the 2025-2026 school year."<br> <br>Full article:<br><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/states-defying-trump-anti-dei-deadline-risk-losing-education-federal-funding/ar-AA1Dn3PH" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/news/us/states-d</span><span class="invisible">efying-trump-anti-dei-deadline-risk-losing-education-federal-funding/ar-AA1Dn3PH</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpHatesChildren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpHatesChildren</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTransKids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTransKids</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>