The Trump administration on Monday ordered 110 commercial truck-driving schools to shut down immediately, accusing the training providers of willfully disregarding long-standing federal rules requiring drivers to understand and communicate…
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Trump administration strips school funding over race, language, and gender within the same two weeks
“You don't need a law when you own the paperwork. They pulled the same string three times in two weeks — race, language, gender — and called each one a compliance issue, not a fight worth having in public. That's the tell: when they can close a school or pull its funding without ever putting it in front of a judge, they will, and they'll do it again next month with a fourth category.”
“Look, these are three completely separate agencies enforcing three completely separate, longstanding rules — Treasury doesn't coordinate with Transportation, that would be — well, actually, if you look at the timing, no, forget I said that. The truck schools failed federal safety standards, full stop, and tax-exempt status doesn't get pulled for reading a calendar right.”
The receipts
The Trump administration proposed new regulations to strip the tax-exempt status of private schools if they offer targeted programs supporting specific racial groups.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Monday his department is shutting down 110-plus driving schools that gave licenses to drivers who failed English language proficiency (ELP) tests. In a release, the Department of Transportation…
Santa Fe Public Schools has changed its gender transition policy to require parental involvement in a Gender Support Plan. It is a move advocates for parental rights are calling a step in the right direction, but the school could still…
It should be obvious: Those who can’t read simple road signs should be nowhere near the wheel of a 40-ton semi-truck.
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