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Additional Information:
On January 20, the administration issued an executive order titled This order requires federal agencies to terminate “equity-related” grants or contracts and all DEI or DEIA performance requirements for employees, contractors or grantees, and directs agencies to provide a list of contractors who have provided DEI training or training materials to federal employees and all grantees who have received federal funding to “provide or advance DEI, DEIA, or ‘environmental justice’ programs, services or activities since January 20, 2021.” On January 31, a federal judge issued a preventing the freeze of federal loans, grants and other financial assistance, including grants with DEIA components. Please reach out to the Office of Graduate Studies and Research if you receive a stop-work order on a federal grant for review of DEIA components.
On January 21, the administration issued an executive order titled The order eliminates all diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal government; directs each agency to identify “up to nine potential civil compliance investigations” of organizations including higher education institutions; and instructs the U.S. Attorney General and Secretary of Education to issue guidance to all higher education institutions that receive federal funding on compliance with the Supreme Court ruling banning race-conscious admissions.
On January 29, the administration issued an executive order titled The order instructs a number of federal agencies to identify administrative or legal complaints of antisemitism after October 7, 2023 involving higher education institutions; and directs the U.S. Secretary of State, Secretary of Education and Secretary of Homeland Security to provide a report and recommendations to familiarize institutions of higher education with the grounds for inadmissibility into the U.S. so that institutions may “monitor for and report activities” by international students, faculty and staff “relevant to those grounds.”
On February 4, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) within the Department of Education issued to K-12 schools and institutions of higher education advising educators and administrators that OCR will enforce Title IX using the interpretation of “sex” to mean “the objective, immutable characteristic of being born male or female.”
On February 5, the administration issued an executive order titled This order bans transgender athletes from competing in women’s and girl’s school-sponsored athletics. The order would further prioritize Title IX enforcement actions against educational institutions that allow transgender athletes to compete in women's and girls sports programs and instructs all federal agencies to rescind funding to programs that fail to comply with the policy.
