Education bars School-Based Mental Health grant funds from supporting gender ideology

Funding actionED

Date
Actor
Education Department, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
Agency
Department of Education (ED)
Type
Funding action
Section
SUPPLEMENT: ACTIONS MISSED BY EARLIER SWEEPS, JANUARY 2025 TO NOVEMBER 2026

Summary

90 FR 46567-46573 (final priorities, requirements and definitions, ALN 84.184H). Program Requirement (d) prohibits grantees from using funds for gender ideology, political activism, racial stereotyping or hostile environments for students of particular races. In responding to comments the Department declined to define gender ideology and said such use may be inconsistent with Title IX; commenters warned of harm to transgender and LGBTQ+ students. Also adds parental-consent requirements. Replaces the Oct. 2022 priorities (87 FR 60092). Related step (2025-07-17, 2025-13384): 90 FR 33353. Related step (2025-09-29, 2025-18895): 90 FR 46573.

Status

Final; effective Oct. 29, 2025

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