CARSON CITY, Nev. (KOLO) – Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford is suing the Trump administration over federal education funding.
He and 19 other AGs filed a lawsuit challenging the Department of Education’s threat to withhold federal funding from state and local agencies refusing to abandon DEI programs.
The DOE informed state and local agencies that they must accept the Trump administration’s legal interpretation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act with regards to DEI efforts or face a loss of federal funding. Nevada refused to certify its compliance with the new requirements.
Calling the Trump administration’s interpretation legally incoherent, vague and contradictory, Ford and the other AGs seek to bar the department from withholding funding.
“The Trump administration is attempting to deny federal funding for our children’s education if we do not comply with a legally incomprehensible order to destroy the programs that protect those children from discrimination,” said AG Ford. “Complying with these mandates would open Nevada up to litigation and would remove programs intended to protect our children. Neither of these outcomes are acceptable, and, as such, I will see the president in court.”
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