A judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily reinstate some of the education grants it had nixed as part of its work to end diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
U.S. District Judge Julie Rubin in Maryland said that the U.S. Department of Education’s termination of the grant awards is “likely to be proven arbitrary and capricious, because the Department’s action was unreasonable, not reasonably explained, based on factors Congress had not intended the Department to consider,” and were “otherwise not in accordance with law.”
The end of the grants could have a “grave effect on the public,” Rubin wrote, including “fewer teachers for students in high need neighborhoods.”
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