The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Trump administration’s termination of Education Department grants for teacher training programs that promoted diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. The decision blocked a judge’s ruling that said the administration failed to follow the correct legal process in terminating the grants, with outstanding grant payments totaling $65 million.
The 5-4 decision, the first win for President Trump in his second term, was made by a majority of conservative justices with Chief Justice John Roberts joining the dissenting liberal justices. The ruling stated that the district court judge did not have the authority to order the funds to be paid under the Administrative Procedure Act.
The decision was based on the administration’s argument that the grant recipients would not suffer irreparable harm by withholding the funds as they claimed they would be forced to cancel some programs. However, the dissenting liberal justices disagreed with this conclusion, citing the potential harm to recipients and the lack of defense of the grants’ cancellation by the government.
The grants were awarded under the Teacher Quality Partnership and Supporting Effective Educator Development programs, which were found to violate a Trump executive order to eliminate DEI programs that promote unlawful discrimination. Lawsuits were filed by eight states on behalf of grant recipients, arguing that the grant termination violated federal law.
Ultimately, the Supreme Court’s decision allows the Trump administration to cancel about $600 million in grants for teacher training, as part of broader efforts to dismantle the Education Department.
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