Trump Admin Tells California to Remove Gender Ideology from Sex Education Program

A California sex education program has fewer than 60 days to remove gender ideology from its curricula and materials, or it risks losing federal funding.

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the Department of Health and Human Services sent a letter to California requiring the removal of “all gender ideology references” in its Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP).

PREP funds local agencies and provides sex education services in foster homes, homeless shelters, juvenile detention centers, and some schools. It reaches about 13,000 youth annually, primarily those at the highest risk of STI or teen pregnancy.

The letter from ACF cited various instances of content “outside of the scope of PREP’s authorizing statute.” Some examples included a middle school lesson that teaches about transgenderism and a teacher’s guide that says gender identity is distinct from biological sex.

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