"The administration set a Monday deadline to remove the references or risk losing millions of dollars of federal funding. Almost all of the states that are complying have Republican-controlled state legislatures and most have Republican governors. Sixteen other states and Washington DC have sued over the administration's demand, claiming that it tramples on the authority of Congress, which created the $75m sex education program, the Personal Responsibility Education Program (Prep)."
"In a court order issued late on Monday, a federal judge blocked the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which oversees Prep, from cutting the Democratic states' funding if they do not comply. HHS fails to show that the new grant conditions are reasonable, let alone offer any reasonable explanation, other than pretext, for its actions, Ann Aiken, a US district judge in Oregon, wrote in her order."
At least 11 states and two territories are complying with a federal demand to remove references to gender identity and the existence of transgender and non-binary people from the Personal Responsibility Education Program (Prep) curricula or risk losing millions in funding. Most complying jurisdictions have Republican-controlled legislatures and Republican governors. Sixteen states and Washington DC filed suit arguing the demand overrides Congress's authority that created the $75m Prep program. A federal judge in Oregon temporarily barred the Department of Health and Human Services from cutting funding for the suing states, finding HHS provided no reasonable explanation or evidence for the new grant conditions.
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