DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NY</span></a> public schools tell <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration they won’t comply with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> order</p><p> By DAVE COLLINS<br>Updated 3:14 PM EDT, April 5, 2025</p><p>Excerpt: "The demand specifically threatens <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TitleI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TitleI</span></a> funding, which sends billions of dollars a year to America’s schools and targets <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LowIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowIncome</span></a> areas.</p><p>"Morton-Bentley wrote that the state Education Department has already certified to the federal government on multiple occasions that it is complying with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TitleVI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TitleVI</span></a> of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilRightsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRightsAct</span></a> of 1964, most recently in January. He said the federal department is basing its demands to end DEI programs on a faulty legal interpretation.</p><p>"'Given the fact that you are already in possession of guarantees by NYSED that it has and will comply with Title VI, no further certification will be forthcoming,' he wrote.</p><p>"He also said the administration’s stance is an 'abrupt shift' from the one taken by the first Trump administration, citing comments in 2020 made by then-U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> were 'cornerstones of high organizational performance.' He wrote the administration has provided no explanation of why it changed positions."<br> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/dei-trump-schools-federal-funding-ae605932fa7fa6605f89574906a346f7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/dei-trump-s</span><span class="invisible">chools-federal-funding-ae605932fa7fa6605f89574906a346f7</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewYorkResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorkResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeeYouInCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeeYouInCourt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOffEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOffEducation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a></p>