The Trump administration gave California a deadline to eliminate gender-ideology references from material used in a federally funded program aimed at preventing teen pregnancy, accusing the state of seeking to “indoctrinate our children.” Here’s what you need to know about the federal sex education funding dispute:

The federal ultimatum

Trump administration demands California curriculum changes:

The official justification

HHS acting assistant secretary explains administration position:

The PREP program details

Federal initiative targets teen pregnancy and STD prevention:

The problematic content examples

Eight passages cited as exceeding program scope:

The curriculum quotes

Specific examples of contested material:

The legal argument

Administration cites Congressional intent:

The Biden administration approval

Previous administration had authorized contested content:

The compliance timeline

California given specific deadline for changes:

The review process change

Federal agency altered planned evaluation:

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• California ordered to delete gender ideology from federally funded sex ed program

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