The Trump Administration has issued a stern directive requiring K-12 schools to certify their adherence to the executive order issued by President Donald Trump that eliminates racist programs known as DEI.
The Education Department sent notices on Thursday, giving states and schools a 10-day deadline to return signed certifications confirming compliance.
The administration’s action represents an escalation in its broader crackdown on so-called Diversity, Equity, Inclusion policies, leveraging federal financial assistance as a means to enforce compliance.
Meanwhile, in Anchorage, the school district has taken a different stance. The Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday night approved the school district’s budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year, which includes funding for DEI programming, including three personnel positions. The budget, totaling $866,250,188, includes local contributions of $267,342,224 from property taxes and other sources.
Despite a $27,990,396 reduction in the district’s upper spending limit—primarily due to a loss in state revenue—the budget maintains funding for DEI. The move appears to challenge the Trump administration’s position, raising questions about potential consequences for federal funding eligibility.
Trump declared DEI expenditures are an illegal use of US taxpayer dollars, as many schools have failed to meet their legal obligations by using DEI programs in ways that discriminate against certain groups.
“Federal financial assistance is a privilege, not a right,” said Craig Trainor, acting assistant secretary for civil rights. “Many schools have flouted their legal obligations, including by using DEI programs to discriminate against one group of Americans to favor another.”
The certification notice requires state and school leaders to sign a “reminder of legal obligations,” to acknowledge their understanding that federal money is conditional upon compliance with the executive order.
With the 10-day deadline looming, the directive will mean either school districts like Anchorage comply or risk federal funding.
Go to enddei.ed.gov and report them to the feds. I’m sick of the racist DEI illegally implemented and taught to my kids. A teacher just told my daughter, two weeks ago, that white people are more racist. Thanks gruening.
Thank you for the website. I will happily report them!!
Report them on the their statement in the beginning of all meetings and assemblies and on their website. I did this, need more people. The white people doesn’t belong here too.
Honoring Dena’ina Land
We acknowledge that we gather here today on the traditional lands of the Dena’ina People of Upper Cook Inlet. For thousands of years, the Dena’ina People have been and continue to be the stewards of this land. ASD is committed to diversity and inclusion, and it is with honor and respect that we recognize all Indigenous people who live and learn in our community.
The ASD Indigenous Education Department and the Anchorage School District extend their gratitude to the Native Village of Eklutna for collaborating on this land acknowledgment. Chin’an, thank you to the Native Village of Eklutna for your continued partnership and dedication to our community.
If it takes Federal influence as to money distribution, then sanction this district. It is silly to encourage this DEI influence. I hope the Fed starves it out of ASD. I don’t know what the direct dollar input is. I do know that Maine is feeling the dollar pinch because of trans students participating in girls sports. ASD may still have that as policy as well.
We are witnessing something historical, in that there is a majority elected President being defied by a falling on swords party because MSM propaganda has directed them to do so. To me its fascinating to watch. Painful, but fascinating.
I live in Santa Monica (previous 907 resident), where the TDS is lit AF! Watching Alaska getting AF by politicians from the NW, Bay Area, and EC is disappointing, but not unexpected. Ethan Berkowitz was predictable. It wasn’t a matter of if Anchorage would be infected with the SF, Seattle, Portland, NYC, infection. It was when, and that infection is now inflamed.
No wonder why homeschooling is so popular in AK. I wouldn’t let my children play with a public school kid.
‘https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-launches-end-dei-portal
So while they insist on dei, they are also laying off185 teachers and blaming the state. They want it all with NO ACCOUNTABILTY WHEN THEY LOSE THEIR FUNDING THEY WILL GO SQEUALING TO A judge about th nerve to address DEI WHEN INSTEAD THE SHOULD ALL BE VOTED OUT OF OFGICE AND THE CARPETBAGGER SUPERINTEDENT SHOULD BE SENT PACKING
Trump generates a lot of toilet paper
Defending racist indoctrination of children and wasting taxpayer money seems to be what Frank is about. Along with a side of TDS.
He has a bad case of it too, he is seriously affected by the TDS!
King Career Center, like Highland Tech Charter School and Chugiak High School have become infamous for LGBTQIA+ indoctrination. It seems the Anchorage Assembly and the School Board now value DEI and CRT more than they value educating students or improving test scores.
They do values the indoctrination of our kids into horrific values.
WTF assembly members and local school board, WE THE PEOPLE HATE THIS C—,
The Anchorage Assembly is so overrun by gay and gay sympathetic elected officials its mind-blowing…
Normal or middle of the road folks don’t show up to vote in Anchorage BECAUSE they do not like any of the choices. The good people are afraid to take on the libtards for free of being label a nazi, conservative wack job or a bigot.
Please help me understand when nationally, by their own admission, if entire herd of alphabet soup, non-straights is under 10% do we have 3 openly gay and several “other” lifestyle representatives?
25 to 50% of the 12 are representative of the rest of us?????
Next, take the last MOA election still being counted…..here are some actual FACTS as that election sits today. A pathetic turn out of less than 17% of the electorate voted. So these so called people’s representatives are just a representative of a small slice of those who chose to vote despite not liking the only choices that they were presented.
Drilling down further, take MOA District #1- Where Vollard the gay, planted outsider won reelection. He received a paltry 6% of the possible votes his district had to offer. Citywide he got LESS than 1% of available votes (0.914%). WHAT A JOKE…people’s choice or people’s representative. Don’t believe it, run the numbers yourself. Another fact, those numbers mean he didn’t even get all the “gay” votes from his own current district….
Keep thinking the MOA assembly represents “all of us”…it clearly does not. Where is a person of color, islander, asian, native…..these groups are a much larger percentage than the alphabet soup crew. They talk DEI or cultural inclusion…..but they run pastry white Yarrow Silvers to replace the other older white lady.
MOA is so lost it cannot even fathom a path forward.
Time for the rest of the city to wake up and get active or enjoy the results of your inaction.
Why should they back down? So far there have been no consequences for their actions.
Can I have a source to what the DEI policies are for ASD? I’d like to read over them and then report them.
Let’s refer to the situation as “The Berkowitz Effect”.
The Assembly is so far Left…..they will need guidance to get back to anything resembling “Middle of the Road”.
So glad the valley doesn’t have to put up with ASD.
DEI is discrimination, period. It has no place in a country where the US constitution guarantees everyone an OPPORTUNITY to succeed. Success is always under the control of the individual and government has become the biggest road block to success that exists. Government and the sheep that believe government is the answer are creating a huge polarization in society and will ultimately lead to a clash that will be destructive.
Be prepared to pay for this subterfuge Anchorites! Nothing is free. You voted (or were apathetic) for this garbage. Enjoy your stay.
Maybe we need to put in a referendum that requires a minimum of 50% of the registered voters for there to be a winner; anything less would require another election or the elimination of that elected position!
Local “contribution” from property taxes?
Now that’s a play on words. Mandatory taxation does not comport with a “contribution” from the entity that contributed. It’s an involuntary expense at the mandate of your government, which already stole from you.
This is in the news today, anch assembly is going to cry, scream at the sky & gnash their teeth!
“Department of Education Gives Public Schools 10 Days To Eliminate DEI Programs Or Lose Federal Funding”
My last comment was deleted?
I guess letting people know there is a website the Trump Administration made to report these situations.
I won’t put it here again, but I will add once again, like I did last time, a gruening middle school employee told an entire class that white people are more racist.
Look up how to report dei in schools to the government yourself, and fill out the easy (one page) form.
Dude , your post is the first one in the Comments with the web site listed. Nothing was deleted
Turn them in just like anchorage citizens did with the assembly for misuse of Covid funds.
Why would the people still accept DEI being in our schools with changes going on Nationally? Vote for some intelligent school board members in the future! It’s your money and it’s your kids. I am glad that I no longer live in Anchorage at this time.
This is where Senator Dan Sullivan and Representative Nick Begich III need to step in and apply the federal oversight and law. We all know that Murk won’t utter a syllable.
Wouldn’t the coerced, daily reading of a land acknowledgement be considered DEI? I know they read it EVERY DAY over the announcements, right after the Pledge.