Trump plans to issue orders addressing K-12 "indoctrination," school choice, and campus protests
The order will additionally revive the 1776 Commission established by Trump during his first term to encourage patriotic education.
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President Donald Trump is anticipated to sign executive orders aimed at directing federal agencies to “end indoctrination” in K-12 education, initiate investigations into campus protests, and implement a federal school choice initiative, based on White House documents obtained by PMG that outline these directives.
According to two administration officials, Trump is likely to sign the three orders as early as Wednesday.
These forthcoming orders build on a series of directives that elaborate on a campaign education policy agenda infused with socially conservative values, originating from the onset of his second term.
Collectively, the expected orders provide a clear framework for how Trump intends to engage in contentious cultural debates while advocating for significant reforms to the U.S. education system.
In K-12 education, Trump’s executive order on “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling” will prohibit federal funding for schools that incorporate what the administration characterizes as “gender ideology and critical race theory in the classroom.”
The order is expected to instruct the attorney general to collaborate with state and local legal officials to “file actions against teachers and school officials who sexually exploit minors or practice medicine without a license through ‘social transition’ practices,” according to the White House.
Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will be tasked with providing a strategy within 90 days of the order's signing to “end indoctrination” in elementary and high schools.
The order will also reinstate the 1776 Commission created during Trump’s first term to promote patriotic education and counter narratives that he claims divide Americans on issues of race and slavery.
Regarding school choice, the president is expected to direct the Education Department to issue guidance on how states can utilize federal funding formulas to support K-12 scholarship programs. He will also instruct the agency to prioritize school choice in discretionary grant programs currently under a comprehensive spending review.
Other agencies are also set to play a role. The anticipated order would require the Department of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on how states can employ block grant funds for children and families to support “educational alternatives, including private and faith-based educational options and nonprofits,” according to the White House summaries.
Hegseth will also be tasked with formulating a plan allowing military families to use Defense Department funds to send their children to schools outside the agency's own school system.
Interior Secretary nominee Doug Burgum will also be directed to submit a plan regarding how families dependent on the agency’s Bureau of Indian Education schools can allocate federal funds for their educational choices.
On the issue of antisemitism, the forthcoming executive order aims to address the rise in antisemitic incidents on campuses following the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas.
This order will instruct the Justice Department and attorney general to take “immediate action” to prosecute antisemitic crimes such as vandalism and intimidation, as well as investigate “anti-Jewish racism in leftist, anti-American colleges and universities.” Additionally, the White House is pledging to deport and revoke the student visas of individuals deemed sympathetic to Hamas.
Furthermore, all federal agencies will be directed to review and report, within 60 days of the order, any criminal and civil authorities available to combat antisemitism.
Allen M Lee for TROIB News
According to two administration officials, Trump is likely to sign the three orders as early as Wednesday.
These forthcoming orders build on a series of directives that elaborate on a campaign education policy agenda infused with socially conservative values, originating from the onset of his second term.
Collectively, the expected orders provide a clear framework for how Trump intends to engage in contentious cultural debates while advocating for significant reforms to the U.S. education system.
In K-12 education, Trump’s executive order on “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling” will prohibit federal funding for schools that incorporate what the administration characterizes as “gender ideology and critical race theory in the classroom.”
The order is expected to instruct the attorney general to collaborate with state and local legal officials to “file actions against teachers and school officials who sexually exploit minors or practice medicine without a license through ‘social transition’ practices,” according to the White House.
Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will be tasked with providing a strategy within 90 days of the order's signing to “end indoctrination” in elementary and high schools.
The order will also reinstate the 1776 Commission created during Trump’s first term to promote patriotic education and counter narratives that he claims divide Americans on issues of race and slavery.
Regarding school choice, the president is expected to direct the Education Department to issue guidance on how states can utilize federal funding formulas to support K-12 scholarship programs. He will also instruct the agency to prioritize school choice in discretionary grant programs currently under a comprehensive spending review.
Other agencies are also set to play a role. The anticipated order would require the Department of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on how states can employ block grant funds for children and families to support “educational alternatives, including private and faith-based educational options and nonprofits,” according to the White House summaries.
Hegseth will also be tasked with formulating a plan allowing military families to use Defense Department funds to send their children to schools outside the agency's own school system.
Interior Secretary nominee Doug Burgum will also be directed to submit a plan regarding how families dependent on the agency’s Bureau of Indian Education schools can allocate federal funds for their educational choices.
On the issue of antisemitism, the forthcoming executive order aims to address the rise in antisemitic incidents on campuses following the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas.
This order will instruct the Justice Department and attorney general to take “immediate action” to prosecute antisemitic crimes such as vandalism and intimidation, as well as investigate “anti-Jewish racism in leftist, anti-American colleges and universities.” Additionally, the White House is pledging to deport and revoke the student visas of individuals deemed sympathetic to Hamas.
Furthermore, all federal agencies will be directed to review and report, within 60 days of the order, any criminal and civil authorities available to combat antisemitism.
Allen M Lee for TROIB News
