Washington Examiner: Education Department spent hundreds of millions injecting DEI into school districts
The Department of Education, which is facing the ax under President Donald Trump’s new administration, set aside over $300 million in grants intended to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion by prioritizing resources for racial minorities, according to a Washington Examiner analysis of grant records.
Federal disbursements identified by the Washington Examiner occurred under both the Biden administration and the first Trump administration. Trump’s Office of Management and Budget, however, recently ordered a freeze of all federal grants shortly after the president took office, partially to rein in government DEI spending.
“The American people sent a clear message to Congress in November — they are tired of excessive government spending and woke policies,” a spokesperson for the House Education and Workforce Committee told the Washington Examiner. “Chairman [Rep. Tim] Walberg is prepared to work with the Trump administration to hold agencies accountable and save taxpayer dollars.”
The spokesperson accused the Biden administration of “telling students what to think rather than how to think” and argued that DEI has led to “bloated education budgets.”
Trump’s freeze has since been halted pending litigation. As lawyers take to the courts to hash out the legality of the administration’s maneuvers, the Department of Education is poised to continue pouring taxpayer dollars into programs aimed at integrating DEI into public school districts.
Just days before Trump was set to take office, for instance, the Biden administration crammed through $75 million in funding for the “Supporting Effective Educator Development” grant program. The program makes federal funds available to eligible nonprofit groups to increase “educator diversity” and to support an existing “diverse educator workforce.”
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