- The Trump administration is recasting long-standing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts as discriminatory, opening investigations and threatening or cutting federal funding for programs aimed at helping students of color.
- Local examples include Chicago losing more than $20 million over a Black Student Success program and LAUSD’s Black Student Achievement Plan — which students say provides counselors, college-prep opportunities and improved outcomes — coming under federal review.
- Broader effects: the DOJ has moved to end or relax old desegregation orders, and conservative groups have filed lawsuits challenging race-conscious school programs, prompting districts to scale back equity initiatives to avoid scrutiny.
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