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The Department of Education has announced plans to release over $6 billion worth of education funding after a month-long freeze. Of that $6 billion, around $660 million will be coming to Texas school districts by way of the Texas Education Agency (TEA). So where is that money going?
Unfortunately, it will be used by school districts to fund primarily woke after-school programs. In just Fort Worth ISD, programs like Girls Inc., Communities in Schools, and My Brother's Keeper were all set to be shut down if that funding wasn't unfrozen.
Now education policy expert Dr. Carole Haynes is warning that this money being unfrozen could mean even more taxpayer dollars being funneled into woke NGOs that push DEI and CRT policies. She said, "These organizations and these left-wingers go right around all the bans and just thumb their noses. They go around the DEI bans, they go around the CRT bans. They've gotten so bold now they just put it on their website."
The "What We Do" page of the Girls Inc. website does in fact do exactly that, proudly proclaiming that their vision is "Powerful girls in an equitable society." And in case that wasn't enough, they specifically list "Understand and appreciate diversity, embrace inclusiveness, and advance equity" under the "Our Values" section.
Dr. Haynes says this is all just an elaborate ploy to continue funneling money back into radical left-wing organizations and NGOs that Americans are increasingly publicly pushing back against. So how can we crack down on this?
Dr. Haynes says there needs to be strict oversight in how school districts across Texas spend this money, and it needs to come from all interested parties. She said, "It needs to be not just the legislature, because so many times they cave. I think the public is going to have to be more aware and stay on them."