President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order Wednesday barring schools from applying diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) when administering discipline.
The White House said this will make schools safer as outcomes will be based on student behavior, Breitbart reported.
In a preview of the order, the White House touted the changes.
“The Order requires new guidance to local and state educational agencies regarding school discipline, emphasizing compliance with Title VI protections against racial discrimination and preferencing,” it said.
“It calls for appropriate action against educational agencies that fail to comply with Title VI by continuing to use racially preferential discipline practices,” the document said.
The order also demands further study to ensure “federal funds do not support racially preferential policies, including through nonprofit organizations, and proposing model discipline policies rooted in American values.”
This order reverses former President Barack Obama’s guidance on school discipline.
The 2014 policy required schools to “equalize disciplinary rates by race” rather than focusing on the behavior of individual students.
According to the Federalist Society, Obama penned a “Dear Colleague” letter that used the threat of the federal government to urge schools to consider the “disparate impact” discipline has on racial minorities.
It claimed that