Doge cuts over $ 100 million

The Department of Education (DOE) cancels more than $ 100 million in subsidies for financing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) as part of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) celebration of “wasting” expenses.

DOGE, The department led by Elon Musk to reduce costs in the federal government, announced the termination of 89 Doe contracts totaling $ 881 million in a x Monday night.

Of the nearly $ 1 billion dollars identified DOGE $ 101 million used for DEI training, including educators in teachers to “help students understand/interrogate the complex stories involved in oppression and help students recognize areas of privilege and power on an individual and collective basis ”

“Your tax dollars were spent on this,” Musk wrote about the Doe expenses.

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Elon Musk heads the department of government efficiency. (Andrew Harnik)

According to DOGE, the education department spent an additional $ 1.5 million on a contractor to “observe mailing and clergy operations” in a mail center, which was also terminated in recent expenses.

“DEI was never about ‘equity’ – it was about enforcing ideological conformity and institutionalization of discrimination. Closing these wasting, dividing programs is a victory for every student,” said Nicki Neily, founder and president of parents defending education, In response to expenses cut.

“More states have to follow,” Neily said.

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Erika Donalds, wife of the Republican rep. Byron Donalds from Florida also wrote in response that “the kids can’t read.”

Department of Educational Building will be seen on August 21, 2024 in Washington, DC (Tierney L. Cross)

DOGE has led the efforts to vacuum expenses within Doe and announced in early February the termination of three grants, including financing an institution that reportedly had “previously hosted faculty workshops entitled ‘Dekolonization of the Currical.’ “

In his first row of executing orders, President Donald Trump launched a federal review of the DEI teaching and practice in educational institutions that received federal funding.

President Donald Trump launched a federal review of the DEI teaching and practice in educational institutions that received federal funding. (Donald Trump 2024 -campaign)

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In the midst of the Trump-Vance crash on certain doctrine, several colleges, such as Missouri State University and West Virginia University, have begun to close their DEI offices.

Fox News’ Charles Creitz contributed to this report.