School Discipline Gets 'Common Sense' Reboot – Race Out, Safety In
Published Date: 4/28/2025
Presidential Document
Summary
The government is bringing back common-sense school discipline rules to keep classrooms safe and fair. Schools will focus on student behavior—not race—when deciding punishments, fixing problems caused by past policies that avoided discipline to dodge racial disparity concerns. These changes affect all public schools starting now, aiming to protect students and improve learning without risking federal funding.
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Discipline Based on Behavior, Not Race
The Secretary of Education must issue new guidance within 30 days telling local and state school agencies to apply school discipline based on student behavior and not on racial statistics, and to follow Title VI protections against racial discrimination. The Secretary is also instructed to take appropriate action against LEAs and SEAs that fail to comply with Title VI in school discipline.
Report to Stop Federal Funding of Certain Programs
Within 120 days, the Secretary of Education, with other agencies, must submit a report that inventories Title VI discipline-related investigations since 2009 and assesses whether federal grant recipients (including nonprofits) promote discriminatory-equity-ideology-based discipline. The report must include recommendations to ensure federal taxpayer funds do not flow to programs that promote such discipline and provide model school-discipline policies that do not promote unlawful discrimination.
Military Families Get Revised Code
The Secretary of Defense must issue a revised school discipline code within 90 days that is meant to protect and enhance the education of children of military-service families. The order requires this revised code specifically for Department of Defense education contexts.
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