President Donald Trump and his administration have made it clear that DEI programs are not welcomed on their watch, and they've already made tremendous headway in shutting a lot of that silliness down across several federal agencies.
According to Breitbart, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) Office for Civil Rights, under President Trump's direction, notified all 50 states that state education departments shall remove such programs, or else.
The consequences could include being cut off from federal funding. The states have been given two weeks to comply with the order.
DOE’s Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor penned the letter to all 50 state education agencies.
Trainor held nothing back in the letter, spelling out the Trump administration's stance on the state of DEI programs.
"The Department will no longer tolerate the overt and covert racial discrimination that has become widespread in this Nation’s educational institutions," Trainor wrote.
He added, "The law is clear: treating students differently on the basis of race to achieve nebulous goals such as diversity, racial balancing, social justice, or equity is illegal under controlling Supreme Court precedent."
Trainor added a hard deadline for states to comply with the letter's instructions, or else face the prospect of losing federal funding.
"The Department intends to take appropriate measures to assess compliance with the applicable statutes and regulations based on the understanding embodied in this letter beginning no later than 14 days from today’s date, including anti-discrimination requirements that are a condition of receiving federal funding."
It concluded with, "Institutions that fail to comply with federal civil rights law may, consistent with applicable law, face potential loss of federal funding."
Elon Musk's DOGE unit posted information about the developing situation and posted a link to the letter.
This letter was sent to the departments of education in all 50 states, notifying them they have 14 days to remove all DEI programming in all public schools. Institutions which fail to comply may face a loss of federal funding. https://t.co/IufnJMln20
— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) February 15, 2025
One X user wrote, "This needs to include our Post-Modern Maoist reeducation camps, generously referred to as colleges and universities -- student debt enabling criminal enterprises."
Another X user added, "Nice 14 days for all 50 states to terminate and remove all DEI programming in all public schools ,if they don’t they will lose all federal funding!"
