Education
2025 January
2025-01-20 Page 482 of Project 2025 aims to eliminate Head Start.
https://static.heritage.org/project2025/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf
2025-01-20 Trump rescinded Executive Order 14000 Supporting the Reopening and Continuing Operation of Schools and Early Childhood Education Providers.
2025 May
2025-05-02 The Trump administration cut funding to after-school care programs, leaving increased strain on working families, gaps in learning and support since it also affects summer school programs, and disrupted partnerships between cities and nonprofits.
2025 September
2025-09-08 Trump paused funding for special-education programs and teacher-training initiatives, giving affected organizations one week to appeal. The U.S. Department of Education said, quote, that this department is “inconsistent with, and no longer effectuates, the best interests of the federal government”.
2025-09-16 The Department of Education ended funding for nine student-focused projects, including arts education, American history programs, free-book initiatives, civics education, literacy efforts, and college-preparation programs.
2026 February
2026-02-27 Pete Hegseth said the US Armed Forces will only support Scouting America if it complies with EO 14173 to end DEI and ban trans kids. He wrote, “Boy scouts should go back to being the Boy Scouts as originally founded, a group that develops boys into men”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/27/scouting-america-transgender-ban-pentagon
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/02/27/hegseth-scouting-america/
2026 March
2026-03-02 Tennessee moved to pass HB793 and SB 836 to force students to show their papers before enrolling.
https://edtrusttn.org/resource/threats-to-education-for-all/
https://www.aclu-tn.org/legislation/stop-state-lawmakers-bullying-undocumented-kids/
https://www.wsmv.com/2026/03/04/tennessee-undocumented-student-bill-returns-with-amendment-protests/