In a memo Friday, the Education Department gave an ultimatum to stop using “racial preferences” as a factor in admissions, financial aid, hiring or other areas. Schools are being given 14 days to end any practice that treats students or workers differently because of their race.
The sweeping demand could upend education in myriad ways. The memo targets college admissions offices, ordering an end to personal essays or writing prompts that can be used to predict an applicant’s race. It forbids dorms or graduation events for students of certain races. Efforts to recruit teachers from underrepresented groups could be seen as discrimination.
It’s meant to correct what the memo described as rampant discrimination in education, often against white and Asian students.
I thought the president didn’t control the purse. How can this threat be followed through on?
Because congress is going to roll over and let him do whatever he wants.
The Department of Education is under the executive branch and holds control over policy and guidance. As a permanent change, it takes about 90 days to go through the official “We want to change eligibility policy” process, but until then, a presidential memo can serve as a directive to the department.
The bulk of the money is obligated by law, not by policy.
Laws - those infamous things trump has rigidly adhered to in the past. That’ll stop him!
Yeah haven’t Republicans used this exact argument to defang departments like the FCC and EPA, stating that they don’t have the authority to enforce any rules and can only make recommendations?
Yes, Republicans love to be hypocritical about how the government works. Can’t consider Obama’s SC nomination because it is too close to the election, but rush through their own even closer to the election. Agencies have no power unless they are what the Republicans want. Censorship is wrong, except for theirs. States choice is the most important thing, except for the things they want to force on the states. Diversity, equity, and inclusion that exists only to make people welcome to participate is somehow racist, unfair, and exclusionary.
It is Bizzaro world logic.
Agreed but I feel we’re just preaching to the choir here.
At least the choir listens!
Hallelujah!
Awww fuck.
Trump: 🤷♂️
https://youtu.be/n1KgxqEQn0A?si=5LV5Fl335NhlLXnL
Thus might highlight the… flaws… of our current system of legislating, executing and adjudicating.
Congress passes legislation saying here’s what we intend to do without any specifics, executive branch figures out the specifics of how to execute on it, Judiciary might step in if the law itself is no bueno or if the president is operating outside the intended bounds of legislation or outside the constitution.
Honestly, after America declared independence from Britain it seems they wanted to move so completely away from the Westminster model that they made their Republic model extraordinarily complicated.