[President Trump Expected to Sign EXECUTIVE ACTION ON SCHOOL CHOICE, END FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS THAT SUPPORT CRITICAL RACE THEORY, AND COMBAT ANTISEMITISM
President Donald Trump is expected to sign several executive actions on Wednesday that fulfill promises he made on the campaign trail. According to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, the actions will address school choice, ending funding for public schools that support critical race theory, and combating antisemitism.
The action on school choice is expected to be a significant win for conservative activists and politicians who have long advocated for decades to make it easier for families to spend taxpayer funds on private education. The action will involve multiple agencies in the effort to provide taxpayer funds to parents to pay for private schools.
Among its directives, the Department of Education is ordered to issue guidance on using federal funding to support scholarship programs for grade school students. The Department of Defense is ordered to submit a plan to Trump on how military families can use DOD funds to send their children to their preferred school. The secretary of interior is ordered to submit a plan to Trump on how families with students attending Bureau of Indian Education schools can use federal money to attend the school of their choice. And the Health and Human Services Department must issue guidance on how states can use HHS funds to attend private or faith-based schools.
However, public school advocates and public school teachers’ unions have long been against redirecting taxpayer dollars from public schools to private schools, saying it would harm poorer public schools. Districts have already been dealing with budget shortfalls, in addition to a dramatic reduction in the public school population.
The action to combat antisemitism will call on the federal government to cancel student visas for what the White House calls “Hamas sympathizers” on college campuses. The action to end funding for public schools that support critical race theory will target schools that teach “other divisive measures in their curriculums,” according to Leavitt.
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