{"id":21073,"date":"2025-04-26T08:54:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T08:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/19-states-sue-the-trump-administration-over-its-d-e-i-demand-in-schools\/"},"modified":"2025-04-26T08:54:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T08:54:35","slug":"19-states-sue-the-trump-administration-over-its-d-e-i-demand-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/19-states-sue-the-trump-administration-over-its-d-e-i-demand-in-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"19 States Sue the Trump Administration Over Its D.E.I. Demand in Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A coalition of 19 states sued the Trump administration on Friday over its threat to withhold federal funding from states and districts with certain diversity programs in their public schools.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/oag.ca.gov\/system\/files\/attachments\/press-docs\/StateofNY%20v%20DOE%204.25.2025.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">lawsuit<\/a> was filed in federal court by the attorneys general in California, New York, Illinois, Minnesota and other Democratic-leaning states, who argue that the Trump administration\u2019s demand is illegal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The lawsuit centers on an <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/media\/document\/reminder-of-legal-obligations-undertaken-exchange-receiving-federal-financial-assistance-and-request-certification-under-title-vi-and-sffa-v-harvard-april-3\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">April 3 memo<\/a> the Trump administration sent to states, requiring them to certify that they do not use certain diversity, equity and inclusion programs that the administration has said are illegal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">States that did not certify risked losing federal funding for low-income students.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Rob Bonta, the California attorney general, said at a news conference on Friday that the Trump administration had distorted federal civil rights law to force states to abandon legal diversity programs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cCalifornia hasn\u2019t and won\u2019t capitulate. Our sister states won\u2019t capitulate,\u201d Mr. Bonta said, adding that the Trump administration\u2019s D.E.I. order was vague and impractical to enforce, and that D.E.I. programs are \u201centirely legal\u201d under civil rights law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Trump administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The administration has argued that certain diversity programs in schools violate federal civil rights law, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color and national origin in programs that receive federal funding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It has based its argument on the Supreme Court\u2019s 2023 ruling ending the use of race in college admissions, arguing that the decision applies to the use of race in education more broadly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The administration has not offered a specific list of D.E.I. initiatives it deems illegal. But it has suggested that efforts to provide targeted academic support or counseling to specific groups of students amount to illegal segregation. And it has argued that lessons on concepts such as white privilege or structural racism, which posits that racism is embedded in social institutions, are discriminatory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The lawsuit came a day after the Trump administration was <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/24\/us\/trump-public-school-funds-dei.html\" title=\"\">ordered to pause<\/a> any enforcement of its April 3 memo, in separate federal lawsuits brought by teachers\u2019 unions and the N.A.A.C.P., among others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Bonta said that the lawsuit by the 19 states brought forward separate claims and represented the \u201cstrong and unique interest\u201d of states to ensure that billions of federal dollars appropriated by Congress reach students.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe have different claims that we think are very strong claims,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Loss of federal funding would be catastrophic for students, said Letitia James, the attorney general of New York, an adversary of President Trump who previously won a civil fraud case against him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">She noted that school districts in Buffalo and Rochester rely on federal funds for nearly 20 percent of their revenue and said she was suing to \u201cuphold our nation\u2019s civil rights laws and protect our schools and the students who rely on them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/25\/us\/19-states-sue-the-trump-administration-over-its-dei-demand-in-schools.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A coalition of 19 states sued the Trump administration on Friday over its threat to withhold federal funding from states<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[114,912,524,897,101,6335,113],"class_list":["post-21073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us","tag-donald-j","tag-education","tag-education-k-12","tag-james","tag-law-and-legislation","tag-letitia","tag-trump"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>19 States Sue the Trump Administration Over Its D.E.I. 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