Trump administration accuses states and schools of using federal education grants specifically targeting immigrant children and low-income students to help “radicalize” Left-wing agenda. ”
This week’s government Withheld more than $6 billion Designed to be used for after-school and summer courses, English teaching, adult literacy, etc., it says grants will be reviewed to ensure they are aligned with the president Donald Trump’s Priorities. The freeze has caused schools and summer camp providers to scramble to determine whether they can still do so in programs like child care this summer or after get off work this fall.
The Office of Management and Budget said Wednesday that preliminary reviews showed that schools used some funds to illegally support immigration in the country or promote LGBTQ+ inclusion. The government said it did not make any final decision on withholding or releasing individual grants.
“Many of these grant programs have been severely abused to subsidize the radical left agenda,” the Office of Management and Budget said in a statement.
It said New York schools have used money to teach English to promote organizations that illegally advocate for immigration in the country. Washington state uses the money to guide immigrants without legal status to point to what the Trump administration calls “suitable for American students.” The office said the grant funding is also used for the “Queer Resistance in the Arts” seminar.
Officials from New York and Washington state did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Advocates of low-income and immigrant children freeze grants with the Trump administration’s larger Suppress Immigration. Congress suspended two of the five federal programs to help support English proficiency for students who are still learning languages, as well as moving with parents to follow immigrant children who work in agriculture and other jobs.
School districts use $890 million for English learners specifically for UK learners for a variety of purposes Training teacher assistant Who works with English learners to run a summer school designed for them and hires a family liaison officer Speak the mother tongue of your parents. The $375 million allocated to immigration education is often used to hire dedicated teachers to get close to where students live.
By “picking extreme examples”, the government is seeking to confuse all students who learn English with illegal people.
In fact, most English learners in public schools were born in the United States, according to the Institute for Immigration Policy.
“They’re in the framework to use the money for undocumented students and families,” said Margarita Machado-Casas, president of the National Association of Bilingual Educators. “It’s a distraction. It’s distracting what’s actually happening: 5.3 million English learners speak a lot of different languages, not just Spanish, and they’re affected.”
Even if students lack legal status, the state may not deny the state’s public education of children in the country, called Plyler v. Doe, according to a 1982 Supreme Court ruling. Conservative politicians in states such as Oklahoma, Texas and Tennessee have adopted policies to question whether to question whether to question whether to question Immigrants without legal residence There should be a right to receive public education and to challenge the landmark ruling.
Meanwhile, if those funds never arrive, states and school districts are still trying to understand what it means to students and staff.
In Oregon, the cancellation of grants for UK learners and immigrant students “undermines the state’s academic outcomes for increasing multilingual students, promoting multilingualism, close opportunity gaps and providing targeted support for mobile and disadvantaged students,” said Liz Merah, spokesman for the state’s Department of Education.
