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April 25, 2025
From Meritocracy To Stamping Out DEI (Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion) President Trump Must Micromanage The Executive Branch As The Deep State Is Brought To Heel
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, do hereby ask the people of the United States to observe the Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust from April 20 through April 27, 2025, and the solemn anniversary of the liberation of Nazi death camps with appropriate study, prayers, and commemoration and to honor the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution by remembering the lessons of this atrocity so that it is never repeated.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 19 through April 27, 2025, as National Park Week. I encourage all Americans to celebrate our national parks by learning more about the natural and historical heritage that belongs to each and every citizen of the United States of America.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 20 through April 26, 2025, as National Volunteer Week. I call upon all Americans to observe this week by volunteering in service projects across our country and pledging to make service a part of their daily lives.
Some school districts and universities continue to coerce children and young adults into taking the COVID-19 vaccine by conditioning their education on it, and others may re-implement such mandates. Parents and young adults should be empowered with accurate data regarding the remote risks of serious illness associated with COVID-19 for children and young adults, as well as how those risks can be mitigated through various measures, and left free to make their own decisions accordingly. Given the incredibly low risk of serious COVID-19 illness for children and young adults, threatening to shut them out of an education is an intolerable infringement on personal freedom. Such mandates usurp parental authority and burden students of many faiths. It is the policy of my Administration that discretionary Federal funds should not be used to directly or indirectly support or subsidize an educational service agency, State educational agency, local educational agency, elementary school, secondary school, or institution of higher education that requires students to have received a COVID-19 vaccination to attend any in-person education program.
Within 90 days
Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall provide to the President, through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, a plan to end coercive COVID-19 school mandates, consistent with applicable law, and including, as appropriate, any proposed legislation.
The Executive Orders regarding colleges and universities:
It is the policy of my Administration to support HBCUs in: advancing Americas full potential; fostering more and better opportunities in higher education; providing the highest-quality education; obtaining equal opportunities for participation in Federal programs; ensuring college-educated Americans are empowered to advance the common good at home and abroad; and making our Nation more globally competitive.
And establishes
Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (Initiative), housed in the Executive Office of the President and led by an Executive Director designated by the President . . . shall work with executive departments and agencies (agencies), the Presidents Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities established in section 4 of this order, private-sector employers, educational associations, philanthropic organizations, and other partners to increase the capacity of HBCUs to provide the highest-quality education to an increasing number of students
With two primary missions:
(i) increasing the private-sector role, including the role of private foundations . . . (ii) enhancing HBCUs capabilities to serve our Nations young adults
. . . demonstrate by concrete action a commitment to diversity and inclusion including by commit[ting] to having a student body [and faculty] that is diverse with respect to gender, race, and ethnicity As the Attorney General has concluded and informed the Council, the discriminatory requirement blatantly violates the Supreme Courts decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, 600 U.S. 181 (2023). Though the Council subsequently suspended its enforcement while it considers proposed revisions, this standard and similar unlawful mandates must be permanently eradicated.
This EO tasks
The Attorney General and the Secretary of Education shall, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, investigate and take appropriate action to terminate unlawful discrimination by American law schools that is advanced by the Council, including unlawful diversity, equity, and inclusion requirements under the guise of accreditation standards. The Secretary of Education shall also assess whether to suspend or terminate the Councils status as an accrediting agency under Federal law. . . . The Attorney General and the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall investigate and take appropriate action to terminate unlawful discrimination by American medical schools or graduate medical education entities that is advanced by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education or the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or other accreditors of graduate medical education, including unlawful diversity, equity, and inclusion requirements under the guise of accreditation standards. The Secretary of Education shall also assess whether to suspend or terminate the Committees or the Accreditation Councils status as an accrediting agency under Federal law or take other appropriate action to ensure lawful conduct by medical schools, graduate medical education programs, and other entities that receive Federal funding for medical education.
Having participated in the nonsense that was the accreditation process for k-12 schools, I hope this EO has an impact in returning to merit based assessments of education!
Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C. 1011f, requires institutions of higher education to report significant sources of foreign funding. But, because section 117 has not been robustly enforced, the true amounts, sources, and purposes of foreign money flowing to American campuses are unknown. From 2010 to 2016, according to one study, universities failed to disclose more than half of reportable foreign gifts. Even when foreign funding is reported, its true sources are often hidden. Protecting American educational, cultural, and national security interests requires transparency regarding foreign funds flowing to American higher education and research institutions. During my first term, the Department of Education opened investigations on 19 campuses from 2019-2021, which led universities to report $6.5 billion in previously undisclosed foreign funds. Yet the prior administration undid this work, moving the Department of Educations specialized investigatory work on foreign funds to a unit ill-equipped to perform it, undermining investigations, and hindering public access to information on foreign gifts and contracts. It is the policy of my Administration to end the secrecy surrounding foreign funds in American educational institutions, protect the marketplace of ideas from propaganda sponsored by foreign governments, and safeguard Americas students and research from foreign exploitation.
This EO orders
The Secretary of Education (Secretary) shall take all appropriate actions to enforce the requirements of section 1011f of title 20, United States Code, including by working with the Attorney General and the heads of other executive departments, agencies, and offices, where appropriate, to require complete and timely disclosure by higher education institutions of foreign funding. . . . The Secretary of Education and the heads of other appropriate executive departments and agencies shall take appropriate action, as consistent with applicable law, to prospectively ensure that certification of compliance by higher education institutions with 20 U.S.C. 1011f and any other applicable foreign funding disclosure requirements is material for purposes of 31 U.S.C. 3729 and for receipt of appropriate Federal grant funds, which shall not be provided in cases of noncompliance with 20 U.S.C. 1011f and any other applicable foreign funding disclosure requirements.
The Secretary of Education shall propose revisions to 34 C.F.R. 685.219, Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury as appropriate, that ensure the definition of public service excludes organizations that engage in activities that have a substantial illegal purpose
I think if colleges or universities receive funding from foreign sources, their federal "assistance" should be reduced by the same amount. Perhaps there can be some accountability for the colleges for student loan default as well?
The Executive Orders regarding k-12 schools:
4. ADVANCING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE [AI] EDUCATION FOR AMERICAN YOUTHestablishes an AI Education Task Force chaired by The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy with the Secretaries from the Departments of Agriculture; Labor; Energy; Education; National Science Foundation (NSF); as well as the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy; the Special Advisor for AI & Crypto; the Assistant to the President for Policy; and the heads of other such executive departments and agencies (agencies) and offices that the Chair may designate or invite to participate. The purpose of the Task Force is to implement:
It is the policy of the United States to promote AI literacy and proficiency among Americans by promoting the appropriate integration of AI into education, providing comprehensive AI training for educators, and fostering early exposure to AI concepts and technology to develop an AI-ready workforce and the next generation of American AI innovators.
The task force has up to 90 days to
. . .establish plans for a Presidential Artificial Intelligence Challenge (Challenge), and the agencies represented on the Task Force shall, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, implement the plans by holding the Challenge no later than 12 months from the submission of the plan. . . . provide resources for K-12 AI education . . . utilize industry commitments and identify any Federal funding mechanisms, including discretionary grants, that can be used to provide resources for K-12 AI education . . .
The task force has up to 120 days to
. . . "prioritize the use of AI in discretionary grant programs for teacher training authorized by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-10), as amended, and Title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-329), as amended" . . . increase participation in AI-related Registered Apprenticeships . . . all agencies that provide educational grants shall, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, consider AI as a priority area within existing Federal fellowship and scholarship for service programs . . .
. . . advise the President on matters involving science, technology, education, and innovation policy. The Council shall also provide the President with scientific and technical information that is needed to inform public policy relating to the American economy, the American worker, national and homeland security, and other topics.
With the influx of technology businesses promising billions of investment dollars for US-based tech development, they will need many workers. In my ANP articleThis Is NOT The First Time The Federal Department Of Education Has Been Reduced To An Absolute Minimum - Historical Foundations For The Failure Of Public Educationof March 13, 2025the original purpose of public education was not to educate but to create workers who would not question authority, would follow the rules set for them, enforce "uniformity of thought," "correcting the individualism of the American Spirit," and fulfill the employment needs of corporations. Today's business leaders now have a direct line to the President to influence policy through the council/taskforce. I can see President Trump recognizes he needs to direct the education system to incorporate AI curriculum otherwise, the vast majority of teachers would not do so on their own initiative. Perhaps they can replace all that 'woke' nonsense with an AI-focused curriculum in addition to going back to teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic.
The Federal Government will no longer tolerate known risks to childrens safety and well-being in the classroom that result from the application of school discipline based on discriminatory and unlawful equity ideology.
This EO gives 30 days for the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Attorney General to
. . . issue new guidance to local educational agencies (LEAs) and State educational agencies (SEAs) regarding school discipline and their obligations not to engage in racial discrimination under Title VI in all contexts, including school discipline.
Within 60 days
. . . the Secretary of Education and the Attorney General shall initiate coordination with Governors and State Attorneys General regarding the prevention of racial discrimination in the application of school discipline.
Within 90 days
. . . the Secretary of Defense shall issue a revised school discipline code that appropriately protects and enhances the education of the children of Americas military-service families.
Within 120 days
. . . the Secretary of Education shall, in coordination with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, submit a report to the President, through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, regarding the status of discriminatory-equity-ideology-based school discipline and behavior modification techniques in American public education
The Presidents Advisory 1776 Commission (1776 Commission), which was created by Executive Order 13958 of November 2, 2020
and sets current administration policy
. . . to support parents in choosing and directing the upbringing and education of their children.
Within 60 days
. . . Secretary of Education shall issue guidance regarding how States can use Federal formula funds to support K-12 educational choice initiatives.
Within 90 days
. . . Secretary of Health and Human Services shall issue guidance regarding whether and how States receiving block grants for families and children from the Department, including the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDGB), can use them to expand educational choice and support families who choose educational alternatives to governmental entities, including private and faith-based options. . . . Secretary of Defense shall review any available mechanisms under which military-connected families may use funds from the Department of Defense to attend schools of their choice, including private, faith-based, or public charter schools, and submit a plan to the President describing such mechanisms and the steps that would be necessary to implement them beginning in the 2025-26 school year. . . . Secretary of the Interior shall review any available mechanisms under which families of students eligible to attend BIE schools may use their Federal funding for educational options of their choice, including private, faith-based, or public charter schools, and submit a plan to the President describing such mechanisms and the steps that would be necessary to implement them for the 2025-26 school year. The Secretary shall report on the current performance of BIE schools and identify educational options in nearby areas.
Even though this EO on discipline is directed at the Federal Department of Education, the EO Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities of March 20, 2025 orders the Secretary of Education to take all the necessary steps to close the Federal Department of Education and return authority over education to the states.
Since schools know what kinds of discipline problems they have on campus, they can devise a standard consequence for each behavior. Then this standard needs to be applied equally to all students. Psychologist B.F. Skinner called these procedures for modifying behavior "reinforcement" in his theory of operant conditioning. Whether the reinforcement is considered positive or negative (reward/punishment) depends on the individual receiving said reinforcement. In k-12 schools, most behavior modification is negative in nature.
It is the policy of the United States to optimize and target Federal investments in workforce development to align with our countrys reindustrialization needs and equip American workers to fill the growing demand for skilled trades and other occupations. My Administration will further protect and strengthen Registered Apprenticeships and build on their successes to seize new opportunities and unlock the limitless potential of the American worker.
Within 90 days
. . . the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Education shall review all Federal workforce development programs and submit to the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget a report setting forth strategies to help the American worker.
Within 120 days
the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Education shall submit to the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget a plan to reach and surpass 1 million new active apprentices.
It also requires
The Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Education shall improve transparency on the performance outcomes of workforce development programs and credentials supported through Federal investments, including earnings and employment data, for all Federal workforce development programs.
The problem with this approach is that electives, aka "skilled trades and other occupations," are very costly programs to implement. You can't just shove 70+ students in a classroom with one teacher who lectures at them. These programs require equipment (welding, carpentry, electronics, plumbing, auto mechanics, culinary programs, nursing programs, computers, etc.) and experienced teachers (who make more money actually doing the work rather than putting up with the nonsense that is education for a fraction of the income), in addition to larger classrooms and smaller class sizes. In addition, most of the schools in my district eliminated all their "skilled trades and other occupations" programs because the students were not 'making the grade' on standardized exams nor were they passing their required classes which necessitates remediation classes in place of electives.
The Executive Order regarding removingDiversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) government-wide:
It is the policy of the United States to eliminate the use of disparate-impact liability in all contexts to the maximum degree possible to avoid violating the Constitution, Federal civil rights laws, and basic American ideals.
It sets 30 days for the Attorney General, in coordination with the heads of all other agencies, shall report to the President, through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy to review
(i) all existing regulations, guidance, rules, or orders that impose disparate-impact liability or similar requirements, and detail agency steps for their amendment or repeal, as appropriate under applicable law; and (ii) other laws or decisions, including at the State level, that impose disparate-impact liability and any appropriate measures to address any constitutional or other legal infirmities.
This EO sets 45 days for the Attorney General and the Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to
. . . assess all pending investigations, civil suits, or positions taken in ongoing matters under every Federal civil rights law within their respective jurisdictions, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, that rely on a theory of disparate-impact liability, and shall take appropriate action with respect to such matters consistent with the policy of this order.
It sets 45 days for
. . . the Attorney General, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Chair of the Federal Trade Commission, and the heads of other agencies responsible for enforcement of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Public Law 93-495), Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (the Fair Housing Act (Public Law 90-284, as amended)), or laws prohibiting unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices shall evaluate all pending proceedings that rely on theories of disparate-impact liability and take appropriate action with respect to such matters consistent with the policy of this order.
It sets 90 days for all agencies to
. . . evaluate existing consent judgments and permanent injunctions that rely on theories of disparate-impact liability and take appropriate action with respect to such matters consistent with the policy of this order.
This is the 4th EO President Trump has issued, along with one memorandum dated March 19, 2025, in regards to DEI.
The Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), assisted by the Attorney General and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), shall coordinate the termination of all discriminatory programs, including illegal DEI and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) mandates, policies, programs, preferences, and activities in the Federal Government, under whatever name they appear. To carry out this directive, the Director of OPM, with the assistance of the Attorney General as requested, shall review and revise, as appropriate, all existing Federal employment practices, union contracts, and training policies or programs to comply with this order. Federal employment practices, including Federal employee performance reviews, shall reward individual initiative, skills, performance, and hard work and shall not under any circumstances consider DEI or DEIA factors, goals, policies, mandates, or requirements.
American citizens deserve an excellent and efficient Federal workforce that attracts the highest caliber of civil servants committed to achieving the freedom, prosperity, and democratic rule that our Constitution promotes. But current Federal hiring practices are broken, insular, and outdated. They no longer focus on merit, practical skill, and dedication to our Constitution. Federal hiring should not be based on impermissible factors, such as ones commitment to illegal racial discrimination under the guise of equity, or ones commitment to the invented concept of gender identity over sex. Inserting such factors into the hiring process subverts the will of the People, puts critical government functions at risk, and risks losing the best-qualified candidates. By making our recruitment and hiring processes more efficient and focused on serving the Nation, we will ensure that the Federal workforce is prepared to help achieve American greatness, and attracts the talent necessary to serve our citizens effectively. By significantly improving hiring principles and practices, Americans will receive the Federal resources and services they deserve from the highest-skilled Federal workforce in the world.
It is the policy of the United States to protect the civil rights of all Americans and to promote individual initiative, excellence, and hard work. I therefore order all executive departments and agencies (agencies) to terminate all discriminatory and illegal preferences, mandates, policies, programs, activities, guidance, regulations, enforcement actions, consent orders, and requirements. I further order all agencies to enforce our longstanding civil-rights laws and to combat illegal private-sector DEI preferences, mandates, policies, programs, and activities.
. . . hiring in foreign policy positions, like hiring in all other parts of the Government, shall be based solely on merit. . . .The Secretary of State shall, consistent with applicable law, promptly revise the 2022-2025 Decision Criteria for Tenure and Promotion in the Foreign Service, issued under section 2326.2 of title 3 of the Foreign Affairs Manual, to remove any reference to the Core Precept entitled Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility. The Secretaries shall promptly direct all employees of their Departments not to give this Core Precept any force or effect.
My Administration will enforce the law to ensure that recipients of Federal funds providing K-12 education comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination in various contexts and protecting parental rights, including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), 42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.; Title IX, 20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.; FERPA, 20 U.S.C. 1232g; and the PPRA, 20 U.S.C. 1232h.
Within 90 days
. . . the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall provide an Ending Indoctrination Strategy to the President, through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, containing recommendations and a plan
Obviously, the deep state is being forced to follow the "letter" of each directive as opposed to the "spirit" of it. If they were following the "spirit" the EO ending DEI issued January 20, 2025 would have been sufficient to eliminate DEI from all government. However, it appears that President Trump has to micromanage the Executive Branch. First telling them to stop using "gender identity" in hiring, then telling them to 'restore merit' to the hiring process, and now to go through all the paperwork to eliminate DEI from government documents. It's like the deep state operatives are acting like willfully disobedient children. The parent says "you can't drive to the store" and the child goes to the store. When the parent says "I said you couldn't go to the store", the child says "no, you said I couldn't drive to the store, so I walked (or took the bus or called a friend)." The government employees who are working against the Trump Administration's execution of the WILL OF THE CITIZENS who elected him to do these things need to be fired immediately.
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