Education Department finalizes ban on using mental-health professional grant funds to promote "gender ideology"
- Date
- Actor
- Education Department, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
- Agency
- Department of Education (ED)
- Type
- Funding action
Summary
90 FR 46577. Final priorities, requirements and definitions for the Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant Program (ALN 84.184X). Program Requirement (d) prohibits grantees from using funds for "gender ideology," political activism, racial stereotyping and hostile environments for students of particular races. The Department rejected commenters' requests to remove or define the terms despite comments about harm to transgender and LGBTQ+ students (pp. 46579-46580). The notice also adds parental-consent requirements. Related step (2025-07-17, 2025-13385): 90 FR 33349 (ED-2025-OESE-0153). Related step (2025-09-29, 2025-18894): 90 FR 46584 (Sept.
Status
Final; effective Oct. 29, 2025
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