"The Trump administration laid the groundwork to dismantle the Department of Education and ditched Biden-era Title IX protections for students based on gender identity and sexual orientation. Project 2025 includes several other education goals, such as: Passinga federal "Parents' Bill of Rights" ensuring "their right and responsibility to raise, educate, and care for their children." It also calls for converting Individuals with Disabilities Education Act funding to block grants sent directly to school systems."
"Zoom in: Project 2025 also sought to eliminate Head Start, which offers free early childhood education, health and nutrition services to low-income families. Advocates warned that would have dramatic ripple effects impacting families, staff and children. Trump's leaked budget proposal called for eliminating Head Start, but the White House ultimately backed off that idea. Head Start was still squeezed in 2025 by disrupted funds and the administration's war on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives."
Project 2025 outlines extensive conservative education and social-policy changes. The administration laid groundwork to dismantle the Department of Education and removed Biden-era Title IX protections for students based on gender identity and sexual orientation. Proposals include passing a federal Parents' Bill of Rights, converting IDEA funding into block grants to school systems, and moving special education operations to the Department of Health and Human Services with consolidated IDEA programs for state and district flexibility. The plan would require students in federally funded schools to take the military ASVAB test. Project 2025 sought elimination of Head Start; a leaked budget proposed its removal but the administration ultimately did not fully cut the program, though funding and anti-DEI measures squeezed Head Start in 2025.
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