Overview

• Trump wrote that any California school district that does not follow his administration’s transgender policies “will not be funded,” providing no details on specific cuts.
• HHS’s Administration for Children and Families terminated California’s PREP sex-education grant, suspending roughly $12.3 million effective Aug. 21 over lessons referencing gender identity.
• ACF said its review found “gender ideology” outside PREP’s authorizing statute, citing materials that teach gender identity is distinct from biological sex.
• California’s health department declined to alter the curricula, arguing the materials were previously approved and medically accurate and disputing ACF’s enforcement authority; the state has 30 days to appeal.
• The Justice Department last month sued the California Department of Education and the CIF over transgender participation in girls’ sports, and the Education Department this week increased fiscal scrutiny of several Northern Virginia districts over related policies.