President Donald Trump’s administration has threatened to withhold funding from public schools that continue to promote diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
According to The Hill, a memo was sent to top state education officials nationwide. The memo informed officials that their schools have 10 days to sign a document affirming they’ve removed all programs that promote diversity, equity and inclusion.
The federal government threatened to remove Title I funding from schools that are not in compliance, according to The New York Times. Title I funding assists schools with a large amount of low-income students.
The White House memo comes days after the Republican administration cut $106 million in education grant funding for Massachusetts public schools. The cut includes a $47 million hit to Springfield Public Schools, the largest funding cut in the state.
Massachusetts wasn’t the only state impacted by cuts this week. The U.S. Department of Education pulled federal funding from states across the country through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey estimated around $2 billion was cut from public schools across the country.
Anyone interested in seeing a full map of states with the largest funding cuts can view it here.
