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After Trump has issued an order for schools to close diversity programs, Prosecutor General Rob Bont said that the ATI programs are legal and schools have the right to promote them.
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California primary and high schools receive some clarity on how to deal with the broad orders of the Trump administration to eliminate programs for diversity, justice and inclusion.
The answer is: do nothing. At least not.
“It’s time to rest. The fact that Trump ordered it does not mean that this will happen, “said Noel Elson NG, a legislator of Association of the School Chief., To the school administrators in CaliforniaS “Only executive orders cannot achieve much … There is a clear difference between activity and performance.”
Last week the US Department of Education announced that you could save funding From every school that has programs focused on the breed. This may include clubs, activities, awards, graduation ceremonies “and all other aspects of student, academic and campus life”, According to the DirectiveS
“With this guide, the Trump administration orders schools to end the use of racial preferences and racial stereotypes in their programs and activities: victory for justice, civil rights laws and the Constitution,” said Craig Coach, temporarily fulfilled secretary for the education of the Ministry of Education, in the message the environmentS
Schools have until February 28 to complete the programs.
Friday, judge Temporarily blocked Some of Trump’s orders are related to diversity, justice and inclusion. The decision does not allow the federal government to reduce funds, but does not prevent it from investigating racing school programs, at least for now.
Almost all preparatory schools in California have at least some programs focused on students’ competition. Black, Latin and Asian student clubs are common, as well as festivities such as the Chinese New Year or May 5. In recent years, more students, in particular American local students, have wearing ethnic outfits in graduation ceremonies or have even celebrated separate ceremonies.
About 8% of the funding of the primary and secondary education in California comes from the federal government, mainly in the form of payments for special education and subsidies of Title I for schools, where at least 40% of the student population is of low income. If the federal money disappears, these schools and students will be most affected.
Prosecutor General Rob Bont said he was reviewing the Directive of the Ministry of Education, but in general he said that Dei programs were legal and schools had the right to promote them.
“It’s not time to run. The governor will fight, the prosecutor General will fight and we will also fight. “
Angie Barfield, CEO of Black Students from California Unidos
In a Joint message In January, with 12 other state prosecutors, Bonto defined Trump’s efforts as “unnecessary and deceived”.
“The administration points to legal policies and programs that are beneficial for all Americans,” they wrote. “These policies and programs are only in line with state and federal laws against discrimination, but also encourage environments in which everyone has the opportunity to succeed.”
Prosecutor General intervene
The State Chief of Public Instructions Tony Thurmond did not immediately respond to the requests for comments, but in early February he called on the schools to “remain concentrated” and not be distracted by order of Trump.
“Now is not the time to be distracted by external efforts to degradate and divide,” writes Mermond to school authorities. “Please continue in the same way with the local programs that produce results. Now is the moment when our students need consistency, support and community more than ever. ”
Some parents were worried by the directive, saying that this would limit their children to other cultures. Katie Walton, the mother of three American native children, said she was concerned about the impact she would have on the programs and curricula of indigenous Americans, more specially Recently approved state legislation This forces schools to teach about the genocide of California locals during gold and Spanish fever.
“My husband and I will teach our children what they need to know, but I worry that other children do not receive this information,” says Walton, who lives in Wood County and whose children are part of the Ranchería Ranchería of Mon Indians. “It saddens me.”
Angie Barfield, CEO of Black students from California UnitedHe said he had received calls from school administrators from all over the country, who are not sure if they should dissolve black students into their campus.
She tells them “Stay firm.”
“It’s not time to run,” Barind said. “The governor will fight, the Prosecutor General will fight and we will also fight.”
Black Student Clubs began decades ago
At least 3000 students from the California high school belong to black student clubs, although the figure is probably much higher, Barfield said. The groups date back to the late 1960s, when students from the State University of San Francisco initiated the first union of black students and spread to secondary schools and universities across the country.
Clubs that are traditionally open to everyone offers students the opportunity to socialize, discuss problems and protect the needs of black students. Students of the Barfield organization also make universities visits, direct youth senate and advocate for students’ health.
“These clubs have a long support trajectory not only for black students but also for all students,” Barfield said. “This order makes us go back.”
NG and their colleagues advise school administrators to consult school advice, lawyers and community members to see what their options are and how to answer. But, he said, it is important to keep calm while in Washington, Colombia County, there is more information as a congress order.
“No matter what the Trump administration does, the doors of public schools remain open and the children continue to visit,” NG said. “Therefore, abandonment of school is not an option and we need to find a way to answer.”
Ever since he entered office in January, Trump took a Measures To reform public schools, some of which are already underway. He promised to dismantle the United States Ministry of Education, to legalize vouchers for parents to use public money to send their children to private schools and to reform Title IX, which prohibits discrimination for reasons.
Earlier this month, the so -called Government Efficiency Department Canceled $ 900 million in educational contracts This paid examinations of teaching strategies, literacy and support programs for special education, among other services.
Trump also eliminates the provision of the implementation of the law that protects schools, hospitals and other “sensitive places” from the implementation of immigration law. This measure sparked panic in immigrant communities, and in some areas parents They are afraid to send their children to schoolS
This article was originally published by CalmattersS
