(ed note: Teaching or discussing race, sex, gender or politics is illegal?)
President Donald Trump signed 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.
The order calls for the incoming secretary of Education to “provide a strategy to the President” to end what he calls “indoctrination” in K-12 education within 90 days of the order being signed — though it provides no details on how they will be instructed to do so.
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.
Federal funding makes up roughly 11% of K-12 public school funding, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
President Donald Trump signs the Laken Riley Act in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Jan. 29, 2025.
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.
Critics say these restrictions are “censorship” and that they will restrict educators’ abilities to speak about certain historical, social or political concepts. These restrictions have led to lawsuits across the country over class cancellations, teacher firings, book restrictions and more.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-executive-order-restrict-education-topics/story?id=118239458