Overview

• HHS said it sent formal letters directing jurisdictions to strip references to so-called gender ideology from PREP-funded sex education materials.
• Reports put the number of jurisdictions notified between 40 and 46 states and territories, reflecting variation across outlets.
• States face an Oct. 27 deadline to submit revised curricula or risk suspension, termination, or withholding of PREP funding.
• Letters cite items such as asking for students’ pronouns and definitions of terms like transgender and two-spirited as noncompliant content.
• California’s PREP grant was terminated last week after the state declined to change its materials, as HHS leaders framed the enforcement as preventing ideological influence on youth.