Agency Terminates California's $12 Million Health Grant Over Gender Ideology Dispute
An agency canceled California's $12 million health grant program due to non-compliance with an order regarding gender ideology in school curricula, giving the state 30 days to appeal.
Overview
- The agency terminated California's $12 million grant program, citing the state's non-compliance with an order related to school curricula.
- This action stems from a dispute over the inclusion of gender ideology within California's public school educational materials.
- California's health department now faces the termination of these significant funds, impacting state-level initiatives.
- The state has been given a 30-day window to formally appeal the agency's decision to cancel the grant program.
- The cancellation threatens to cut crucial funding for California, specifically targeting programs linked to the health department.
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Analysis
Center-leaning sources cover this story neutrally, focusing on factual reporting of the Trump administration's directive to remove transgender references from sex education programs. They detail the policy's specifics, affected states, and financial implications, while also including responses from officials and providing broader policy context without adopting evaluative language.
"The action from ACF is part of the Trump administration’s ongoing effort to prohibit federal recognition of trans people and penalize the use of federal funds for any program that includes or mentions them."
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FAQ
The grant was terminated because California included content on gender ideology in its federally funded sex education materials, which the federal agency found to be outside the scope of the grant's authorizing statute and asked California to remove. California refused, leading to termination.
The agency objected to content teaching that gender identity is distinct from biological sex and that boys can identify as girls and vice versa, which it classified as 'radical gender ideology' outside the scope of federally funded abstinence and contraception education.
California has been given a 30-day period to appeal the agency's decision to cancel the grant program.
The termination threatens to cut crucial funding for California's health department programs related to sex education, affecting services delivered in juvenile justice facilities, homeless shelters, foster care homes, and schools serving about 13,000 youths annually.
No, the federal agency is not accusing California of failing to carry out the abstinence and contraception instruction funded by the grant, but rather taking issue with additional gender ideology content in the curricula.
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