Overview

• TikTok videos falsely asserted that President Trump announced or sought a law to limit school attendance to six months annually
• Fact-checks from Newsweek, Times Now and Hindustan Times published August 7–8 found no evidence of any such proposal
• There is no record of Trump issuing a policy statement, executive order or speech to shorten the academic year to six months
• States set minimum instructional days—commonly around 180 days—so schools typically operate closer to a nine-month calendar when breaks are included
• Since March, Trump’s executive order to begin eliminating the Department of Education has advanced without altering school-year length