Republicans on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce advanced the CHARLIE Act, which critics say would deepen culture-war restrictions in civics and history education. The bill would prohibit federally funded American history and civics programs from using funds for “gender ideology” and “discriminatory equity ideology.” The legislation does not define these terms itself and instead imports definitions from two Trump executive orders. One order rejects the idea that gender identity can differ from sex assigned at birth and frames recognition of transgender people as “gender ideology extremism.” LGBTQ+ advocates warn programs could be barred from acknowledging transgender people in American history. The change could affect federally supported initiatives including the American History and Civics Education initiative and related academies. The Congressional Equality Caucus condemned the measure as censorship disguised as education policy.
"The CHARLIE Act would prohibit federally funded American and civics programs from using funds for what the legislation calls “gender ideology” and “discriminatory equity ideology.” Rather than defining those terms itself, the bill imports definitions directly from two executive orders signed by President Donald Trump after his inauguration. One of those orders, Executive Order 14168, rejects the idea that gender identity can differ from sex assigned at birth and positions recognition of transgender people as “gender ideology extremism.”"
"LGBTQ+ advocates say federally funded civics and history education programs could be barred from acknowledging transgender people as part of American history at all. That could affect programs supported by the American History and Civics Education initiative, including the Presidential and Congressional Academies for American History and Civics, as well as other federally funded national civics education efforts."
"The Congressional Equality Caucus condemned the legislation on Thursday as a censorship measure masquerading as education policy. “This bill censors some of the leading government-funded h"
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