The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to terminate Education Department grants for teacher training that were deemed to violate their new policy opposing diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. This decision, with a 5-4 ruling, blocks a Massachusetts-based judge’s ruling that said the administration had not followed the correct legal process in terminating the grants. Approximately $65 million in grant payments are outstanding. The decision marks the first win for President Trump at the Supreme Court in his second term.
The court’s conservatives were in the majority, with Chief Justice John Roberts joining the three liberal justices in dissent. The decision stated that the district court judge did not have the authority to order the funds to be paid under the Administrative Procedure Act. Justice Elena Kagan dissented, arguing that grant recipients would suffer irreparable harm if the funds were withheld.
The grants in question had been awarded under programs aimed at improving teacher quality and supporting educator development. The Department of Education found that the grants violated Trump’s executive order to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. A lawsuit was filed by eight states on behalf of grant recipients, arguing that the decision to rescind the awards violated federal law. The Supreme Court ultimately sided with the Trump administration, allowing them to cancel approximately $600 million in teacher training grants. This decision follows previous unsuccessful emergency applications by the administration, where the Supreme Court did not grant their requests.
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