On January 29, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at finding 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. The order also directs the attorney general to work with state and local authorities to pursue actions against school officials and teachers who “sexually exploit minors” or allow social transitioning, No details are provided as what those actions would be taken.
Another January 29th order seeks to fulfill Trump’s campaign promise to expand school choice through Education Savings Accounts (ESA). It requires the secretaries of Education and Defense to evaluate how discretionary grant programs can be used to advance his “education freedom” mandate.
Source: ABC News