"The U.S. Department of Education plans to end discretionary grant programs for a slew of minority-serving institutions, officials announced Wednesday -after Congress had already appropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars to those programs. The move stunned MSI advocates, who argue the department doesn't have the authority to nix them."
""Discrimination based upon race or ethnicity has no place in the United States," U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said in the announcement. "To further our commitment to ending discrimination in all forms across federally supported programs, the Department will no longer award Minority-Serving Institution grants that discriminate by restricting eligibility to institutions that meet government-mandated racial quotas.""
"The department plans to "re-program," or reallocate, the funding. Existing discretionary awards will be discontinued, and no new awards will be granted, according to the announcement. The department will disburse approximately $132 million in mandatory funds appropriated by Congress "that cannot be reprogrammed on a statutory basis.""
The Education Department announced the termination of several discretionary grant programs that serve certain minority-serving institutions, citing racial discrimination and constitutional concerns tied to eligibility rules. Programs affected include grants for Hispanic-serving institutions, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions, predominantly Black institutions, Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions, and Native American-serving nontribal institutions; HBCU and tribal college programs remain unaffected. Existing discretionary awards will be discontinued, no new awards will be issued, and approximately $132 million in mandatory, non-reprogrammable funds will be disbursed. The department plans to reprogram remaining funds and seek consultation with Congress on next steps.
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