Colorado refuses to certify DEI removal order, risks $800M in school funds
By Melanie Asmar | Chalkbeat Colorado
Colorado will refuse a demand from the Trump administration to certify that its schools have eliminated what the federal government says are illegal diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, state Commissioner of Education Susana Córdova said Thursday.
“I am not signing that,” Córdova said. “I am not asking our districts to sign that.”
However, Córdova told the State Board of Education she will sign a new assurance that the state is in compliance with Title VI, which bans discrimination on the basis of race, “so that my name, in addition to the department’s previous commissioner who signed our previous assurance, is on file and on record to be able to indicate that we are fully enforcing Title VI.”
The U.S. Department of Educatio...