[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 21 (Monday, February 3, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 8853-8857]
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[FR Doc No: 2025-02232]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 90 , No. 21 / Monday, February 3, 2025 /
Presidential Documents
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Executive Order 14190 of January 29, 2025
Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, it is hereby ordered:
Section 1. Purpose and Policy. Parents trust America's
schools to provide their children with a rigorous
education and to instill a patriotic admiration for our
incredible Nation and the values for which we stand.
In recent years, however, parents have witnessed
schools indoctrinate their children in radical, anti-
American ideologies while deliberately blocking
parental oversight. Such an environment operates as an
echo chamber, in which students are forced to accept
these ideologies without question or critical
examination. In many cases, innocent children are
compelled to adopt identities as either victims or
oppressors solely based on their skin color and other
immutable characteristics. In other instances, young
men and women are made to question whether they were
born in the wrong body and whether to view their
parents and their reality as enemies to be blamed.
These practices not only erode critical thinking but
also sow division, confusion, and distrust, which
undermine the very foundations of personal identity and
family unity.
Imprinting anti-American, subversive, harmful, and
false ideologies on our Nation's children not only
violates longstanding anti-discrimination civil rights
law in many cases, but usurps basic parental authority.
For example, steering students toward surgical and
chemical mutilation without parental consent or
involvement or allowing males access to private spaces
designated for females may contravene Federal laws that
protect parental rights, including the Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the
Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA), and sex-
based equality and opportunity, including Title IX of
the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). Similarly,
demanding acquiescence to ``White Privilege'' or
``unconscious bias,'' actually promotes racial
discrimination and undermines national unity.
My Administration will enforce the law to ensure that
recipients of Federal funds providing K-12 education
comply with all applicable laws prohibiting
discrimination in various contexts and protecting
parental rights, including Title VI of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964 (Title VI), 42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.; Title
IX, 20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.; FERPA, 20 U.S.C. 1232g; and
the PPRA, 20 U.S.C. 1232h.
Sec. 2. Definitions. As used herein:
(a) The definitions in the Executive Order
``Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and
Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government''
(January 20, 2025) shall apply to this order.
(b) ``Discriminatory equity ideology'' means an
ideology that treats individuals as members of
preferred or disfavored groups, rather than as
individuals, and minimizes agency, merit, and
capability in favor of immoral generalizations,
including that:
(i) Members of one race, color, sex, or national origin are morally or
inherently superior to members of another race, color, sex, or national
origin;
(ii) An individual, by virtue of the individual's race, color, sex, or
national origin, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether
consciously or unconsciously;
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(iii) An individual's moral character or status as privileged, oppressing,
or oppressed is primarily determined by the individual's race, color, sex,
or national origin;
(iv) Members of one race, color, sex, or national origin cannot and should
not attempt to treat others without respect to their race, color, sex, or
national origin;
(v) An individual, by virtue of the individual's race, color, sex, or
national origin, bears responsibility for, should feel guilt, anguish, or
other forms of psychological distress because of, should be discriminated
against, blamed, or stereotyped for, or should receive adverse treatment
because of actions committed in the past by other members of the same race,
color, sex, or national origin, in which the individual played no part;
(vi) An individual, by virtue of the individual's race, color, sex, or
national origin, should be discriminated against or receive adverse
treatment to achieve diversity, equity, or inclusion;
(vii) Virtues such as merit, excellence, hard work, fairness, neutrality,
objectivity, and racial colorblindness are racist or sexist or were created
by members of a particular race, color, sex, or national origin to oppress
members of another race, color, sex, or national origin; or
(viii) the United States is fundamentally racist, sexist, or otherwise
discriminatory.
(c) ``Educational service agency'' (ESA) has the
meaning given in 20 U.S.C. 1401(5), and the terms
``elementary school,'' ``local educational agency''
(LEA), ``secondary school,'' and ``state educational
agency'' (SEA) have the meanings given in 34 CFR
77.1(c).
(d) ``Patriotic education'' means a presentation of
the history of America grounded in:
(i) an accurate, honest, unifying, inspiring, and ennobling
characterization of America's founding and foundational principles;
(ii) a clear examination of how the United States has admirably grown
closer to its noble principles throughout its history;
(iii) the concept that commitment to America's aspirations is beneficial
and justified; and
(iv) the concept that celebration of America's greatness and history is
proper.
(e) ``Social transition'' means the process of
adopting a ``gender identity'' or ``gender marker''
that differs from a person's sex. This process can
include psychological or psychiatric counseling or
treatment by a school counselor or other provider;
modifying a person's name (e.g., ``Jane'' to ``James'')
or pronouns (e.g., ``him'' to ``her''); calling a child
``nonbinary''; use of intimate facilities and
accommodations such as bathrooms or locker rooms
specifically designated for persons of the opposite
sex; and participating in school athletic competitions
or other extracurricular activities specifically
designated for persons of the opposite sex. ``Social
transition'' does not include chemical or surgical
mutilation.
Sec. 3. Ending Indoctrination Strategy. (a) Within 90
days of the date of this order, to advise the President
in formulating future policy, the Secretary of
Education, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary
of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the
Attorney General, shall provide an Ending
Indoctrination Strategy to the President, through the
Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy,
containing recommendations and a plan for:
(i) eliminating Federal funding or support for illegal and discriminatory
treatment and indoctrination in K-12 schools, including based on gender
ideology and discriminatory equity ideology; and
(ii) protecting parental rights, pursuant to FERPA, 20 U.S.C. 1232g, and
the PPRA, 20 U.S.C. 1232h, with respect to any K-12 policies or conduct
implicated by the purpose and policy of this order.
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(b) The Ending Indoctrination Strategy submitted
under subsection (a) of this section shall contain a
summary and analysis of the following:
(i) All Federal funding sources and streams, including grants or contracts,
that directly or indirectly support or subsidize the instruction,
advancement, or promotion of gender ideology or discriminatory equity
ideology:
(A) in K-12 curriculum, instruction, programs, or activities; or
(B) in K-12 teacher education, certification, licensing, employment, or
training;
(ii) Each agency's process to prevent or rescind Federal funds, to the
maximum extent consistent with applicable law, from being used by an ESA,
SEA, LEA, elementary school, or secondary school to directly or indirectly
support or subsidize the instruction, advancement, or promotion of gender
ideology or discriminatory equity ideology in:
(A) K-12 curriculum, instruction, programs, or activities; or
(B) K-12 teacher certification, licensing, employment, or training;
(iii) Each agency's process to prevent or rescind Federal funds, to the
maximum extent consistent with applicable law, from being used by an ESA,
SEA, LEA, elementary school, or secondary school to directly or indirectly
support or subsidize the social transition of a minor student, including
through school staff or teachers or through deliberately concealing the
minor's social transition from the minor's parents.
(iv) Each agency's process to prevent or rescind Federal funds, to the
maximum extent consistent with applicable law, from being used by an ESA,
SEA, LEA, elementary school, or secondary school to directly or indirectly
support or subsidize:
(A) interference with a parent's Federal statutory right to information
regarding school curriculum, records, physical examinations, surveys, and
other matters under the PPRA or FERPA; or
(B) a violation of Title VI or Title IX; and
(v) A summary and analysis of all relevant agency enforcement tools to
advance the policies of this order.
(c) The Attorney General shall coordinate with
State attorneys general and local district attorneys in
their efforts to enforce the law and file appropriate
actions against K-12 teachers and school officials who
violate the law by:
(i) sexually exploiting minors;
(ii) unlawfully practicing medicine by offering diagnoses and treatment
without the requisite license; or
(iii) otherwise unlawfully facilitating the social transition of a minor
student.
(d) The Assistant to the President for Domestic
Policy shall regularly convene the heads of the
agencies tasked with submitting the Ending
Indoctrination Strategy under subsection (a) of this
section to confer regarding their findings, areas for
additional investigation, the modification or
implementation of their respective recommendations, and
such other policy initiatives or matters as the
President may direct.
Sec. 4. Reestablishing the President's Advisory 1776
Commission and Promoting Patriotic Education. (a) The
President's Advisory 1776 Commission (``1776
Commission''), which was created by Executive Order
13958 of November 2, 2020, to promote patriotic
education, but was terminated by President Biden in
Executive Order 13985 of January 20, 2021, is hereby
reestablished. The purpose of the 1776 Commission is to
promote patriotic education and advance the purposes
stated in section 1 of Executive Order 13958, as well
as to advise and promote the work of the White House
Task Force on Celebrating America's 250th Birthday
(``Task Force 250'') and the United States
Semiquincentennial Commission in their efforts to
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provide a grand celebration worthy of the momentous
occasion of the 250th anniversary of American
Independence on July 4, 2026.
(b) Within 120 days of the date of this order, the
Secretary of Education shall establish the 1776
Commission in the Department of Education.
(c) The 1776 Commission shall be composed of not
more than 20 members, who shall be appointed by the
President for a term of 2 years. The 1776 Commission
shall be made up of individuals from outside the
Federal Government with relevant experience or subject-
matter expertise.
(d) The 1776 Commission shall have a Chair or Co-
Chairs, at the President's discretion, and a Vice
Chair, who shall be designated by the President from
among the Commission's members. An Executive Director,
designated by the Secretary of Education in
consultation with the Assistant to the President for
Domestic Policy, shall coordinate the work of the 1776
Commission. The Chair (or Co-Chairs) and Vice Chair
shall work with the Executive Director to convene
regular meetings of the 1776 Commission, determine its
agenda, and direct its work, consistent with this
order.
(e) The 1776 Commission shall:
(i) facilitate the development and implementation of a ``Presidential 1776
Award'' to recognize student knowledge of the American founding, including
knowledge about the Founders, the Declaration of Independence, the
Constitutional Convention, and the great soldiers and battles of the
American Revolutionary War;
(ii) in coordination with the White House Office of Public Liaison,
coordinate bi-weekly lectures regarding the 250th anniversary of American
Independence that are grounded in patriotic education principles, which
shall be broadcast to the Nation throughout calendar year 2026;
(iii) upon request, advise executive departments and agencies regarding
their efforts to ensure patriotic education is appropriately provided to
the public at national parks, battlefields, monuments, museums,
installations, landmarks, cemeteries, and other places important to the
American founding and American history, as appropriate and consistent with
applicable law;
(iv) upon request, offer advice and recommendations to, and support the
work of Task Force 250 and the United States Semiquincentennial Commission
regarding their plans to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American
Independence; and
(v) facilitate, advise upon, and promote private and civic activities
nationwide to increase public knowledge of and support patriotic education
surrounding the 250th anniversary of American Independence, as appropriate
and consistent with applicable law.
(f) The Department of Education shall provide
funding and administrative support for the 1776
Commission, to the extent permitted by law and subject
to the availability of appropriations.
(g) Members of the 1776 Commission shall serve
without compensation but, as approved by the Department
of Education, shall be reimbursed for travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as
authorized by law for persons serving intermittently in
the Government service (5 U.S.C. 5701-5707).
(h) Insofar as chapter 10 of title 5, United States
Code (commonly known as the Federal Advisory Committee
Act), may apply to the 1776 Commission, any functions
of the President under that Act, except that of
reporting to the Congress, shall be performed by the
Secretary of Education, in accordance with the
guidelines issued by the Administrator of General
Services.
(i) The 1776 Commission shall terminate 2 years
from the date of this order, unless extended by the
President.
Sec. 5. Additional Patriotic Education Measures. (a)
All relevant agencies shall monitor compliance with
section 111(b) of title I of Division J of
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Public Law 108-447, which provides that ``[e]ach
educational institution that receives Federal funds for
a fiscal year shall hold an educational program on the
United States Constitution on September 17 of such year
for the students served by the educational
institution,'' including by verifying compliance with
each educational institution that receives Federal
funds. All relevant agencies shall take action, as
appropriate, to enhance compliance with that law.
(b) All relevant agencies shall prioritize Federal
resources, consistent with applicable law, to promote
patriotic education, including through the following
programs:
(i) the Department of Education's American History and Civics Academies and
American History and Civics Education-National Activities programs;
(ii) the Department of Defense's National Defense Education Program and
Pilot Program on Enhanced Civics Education; and
(iii) the Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
and Fulbright, U.S. Speaker, and International Visitor Leadership programs,
as well as the American Spaces network.
Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order
shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not,
create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law or in equity by any party against
the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any
other person.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 29, 2025.
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