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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let it cut teacher training grants

The Education Department said the grants are used to train teachers on divisive ideologies' such as DEI,critical race theory,’ and `anti-racism.’

The Trump administration on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to let it cancel teacher preparation grants that the Education Department says promote diversity, equity and inclusion.

In an emergency request, the administration said it shouldn’t have to fund millions of dollars for the programs while eight Democratic-led states are challenging the decision to end them.

Acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris described the case as one of “a flood of recent suits” in which a single District Court judge wielded “unchecked power” to block administration policies that could save taxpayers millions of dollars. She called the case an ideal example to prevent “micromanagement” from District Court judges.

“So long as there is no prompt appellate review of these orders, there is no end in sight for district-courtfiscal micromanagement,” Harris wrote in her filing. “Only this Court can right the ship −and the time to do so is now.”

The federal judge in Boston who is hearing the dispute ordered the Education Department to temporarily restore the grants to those states earlier this month.

The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the administration’s request to block that order.

Appeals Judge William Kayatta said the department’s cancellations letters to grant recipients lacked a “reasoned explanation” for ended funding Congress authorized to recruit and train teachers for traditionally under-served schools.

Kayatta, writing for the three judges − all of whom were appointed by Democratic presidents − said cutting the funding will result in staff layoffs and program disruptions.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who is leading a group of eight Democratic states attorneys general challenging the termination, said California stands to lose at least $148 million for programs that help train teachers to go into hard-to-fill positions, like math and science, and into high-poverty or high need schools.

The Education Department said it canceled grants used to train teachers and education agencies on “divisive ideologies,” which it said included DEI, “critical race theory” and “anti-racism.”

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