The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to terminate Education Department grants for teacher training that were deemed to violate their new policy against diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. The decision, made in a 5-4 ruling, blocks a judge’s ruling that the administration did not follow the correct legal process in terminating the grants. About $65 million in grant payments are affected by this decision. The majority of the court’s conservatives were in favor of terminating the grants, while Chief Justice John Roberts joined the dissenting liberals. The decision stated that the district court judge did not have the authority to order that the funds be paid under the Administrative Procedure Act. The dissenting opinion from Justice Elena Kagan argued that the grant recipients would suffer harm if the funds were withheld. The grants that were terminated were awarded under two different programs, the Teacher Quality Partnership and Supporting Effective Educator Development, due to their involvement in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs that were seen as discriminatory. The lawsuit filed by eight states on behalf of grant recipients argued that the decision to rescind the awards violated federal law. The case only involves grants issued to entities in the suing states, totaling about $600 million in canceled grants. This is considered the first win for Trump at the Supreme Court in his second term.
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