The Department of Education spent $1 billion on promoting diversity, equity and inclusivity (DEI) in American schools, according to the Department of Government Efficiency.
“The Department of Education spent over $1 Billion promoting DEI in America’s schools,” DOGE posted on Twitter.
This enormous figure included “$489,883,797 for race-based hiring, $343,337,286 for DEI programming and $169,301,221 for DEI mental-health initiatives.”
DOGE cited figures from Parents Defending Education, a grassroots organization that is “working to reclaim our schools from activists imposing harmful agendas.”
The full figure for DEI spending was $1,002,522,304.81 between 2021 and the present.
Trump has indicated his desire to dismantle the federal system funding and promoting DEI and so-called “critical race theory” in public education.
“On day one, I will sign a new executive order to cut federal funding for any school pushing Critical Race Theory, transgender insanity, and other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content on our children,” Trump said during a speech at a Moms for Liberty event in June 2023.
“The Marxist left, and other lunatics preaching radical ideology, have become a cult with their own creeds, and their own mantras, and their own rituals. Instead of taking children to church, they believe in taking children to drag shows. You see what’s happening?”
“Instead of teaching them to say their prayers, they teach them to recite their pronouns,” Trump added.
DOGE is headed by billionaire Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy and has been given a broad mandate to audit government and suggest improvements and savings.
DOGE has no binding powers, however, and can only make recommendations.
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