The Trump administration on Thursday rolled out an “End DEI” portal for parents around the country to submit reports of alleged racial or sex discrimination for potential investigation by the Department of Education.
The portal will allow parents to provide the name of their child’s school or school district and list the details of “concerning practices” they would like the Department of Education to investigate. The portal is part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives across all levels of government.
“The U.S. Department of Education is committed to ensuring all students have access to meaningful learning free of divisive ideologies and indoctrination,” the department says on the portal website. “This submission form is an outlet for students, parents, teachers, and the broader community to report illegal discriminatory practices at institutions of learning. The Department of Education will utilize community submissions to identify potential areas for investigation.”
End DEI portal.
Parents groups like Moms for Liberty praised the announcement of the portal.
“For years, parents have been begging schools to focus on teaching their kids practical skills like reading, writing, and math, instead of pushing critical theory, rogue sex education and divisive ideologies—but their concerns have been brushed off, mocked, or shut down entirely,” Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice said.
“Parents, now is the time that you share the receipts of the betrayal that has happened in our public schools. This webpage demonstrates that President Trump’s Department of Education is putting power back in the hands of parents,” she added.
In January, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the removal of “anti-American ideologies” from public schools and ending federal funding for grants or contracts pushing leftist ideology. In compliance with that order, the Education Department announced last week that it had eliminated $600 million in grants with groups that trained teachers and educational agencies in “divisive ideologies.”
The department has also opened up a civil rights investigation into Denver Public Schools after one of its schools converted a women’s bathroom into an “all gender” bathroom and has demanded that the athletic governing bodies of both colleges and high schools revoke the awards and records won by male athletes who competed in women’s athletics.