Trump Signs Order to Withhold Federal Funds From Schools With COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

The executive order directs federal agencies to devise compliance plans, though few schools currently enforce such mandates.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order barring federal funding for educational institutions requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for students to attend in-person classes.
The order tasks Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Department of Education with developing guidelines to end COVID-19 vaccine mandates in schools and colleges.
Currently, no public K-12 schools and only a small number of private colleges in the U.S. enforce COVID-19 vaccine mandates, limiting the immediate impact of the order.
The move fulfills a key campaign promise by Trump to prevent schools from imposing COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates, citing parental rights and individual choice.
Critics have noted that the executive order is largely symbolic, as many states have already banned vaccine mandates, and most federal education funding is determined by Congress.