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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 21 (Monday, February 3, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 8853-8857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02232]



                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 90 , No. 21 / Monday, February 3, 2025 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Executive Order 14190 of January 29, 2025

                
Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, it is hereby ordered:

                Section 1. Purpose and Policy. Parents trust America's 
                schools to provide their children with a rigorous 
                education and to instill a patriotic admiration for our 
                incredible Nation and the values for which we stand.

                In recent years, however, parents have witnessed 
                schools indoctrinate their children in radical, anti-
                American ideologies while deliberately blocking 
                parental oversight. Such an environment operates as an 
                echo chamber, in which students are forced to accept 
                these ideologies without question or critical 
                examination. In many cases, innocent children are 
                compelled to adopt identities as either victims or 
                oppressors solely based on their skin color and other 
                immutable characteristics. In other instances, young 
                men and women are made to question whether they were 
                born in the wrong body and whether to view their 
                parents and their reality as enemies to be blamed. 
                These practices not only erode critical thinking but 
                also sow division, confusion, and distrust, which 
                undermine the very foundations of personal identity and 
                family unity.

                Imprinting anti-American, subversive, harmful, and 
                false ideologies on our Nation's children not only 
                violates longstanding anti-discrimination civil rights 
                law in many cases, but usurps basic parental authority. 
                For example, steering students toward surgical and 
                chemical mutilation without parental consent or 
                involvement or allowing males access to private spaces 
                designated for females may contravene Federal laws that 
                protect parental rights, including the Family 
                Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the 
                Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA), and sex-
                based equality and opportunity, including Title IX of 
                the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). Similarly, 
                demanding acquiescence to ``White Privilege'' or 
                ``unconscious bias,'' actually promotes racial 
                discrimination and undermines national unity.

                My Administration will enforce the law to ensure that 
                recipients of Federal funds providing K-12 education 
                comply with all applicable laws prohibiting 
                discrimination in various contexts and protecting 
                parental rights, including Title VI of the Civil Rights 
                Act of 1964 (Title VI), 42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.; Title 
                IX, 20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.; FERPA, 20 U.S.C. 1232g; and 
                the PPRA, 20 U.S.C. 1232h.

                Sec. 2. Definitions. As used herein:

                    (a) The definitions in the Executive Order 
                ``Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and 
                Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government'' 
                (January 20, 2025) shall apply to this order.
                    (b) ``Discriminatory equity ideology'' means an 
                ideology that treats individuals as members of 
                preferred or disfavored groups, rather than as 
                individuals, and minimizes agency, merit, and 
                capability in favor of immoral generalizations, 
                including that:

(i) Members of one race, color, sex, or national origin are morally or 
inherently superior to members of another race, color, sex, or national 
origin;

(ii) An individual, by virtue of the individual's race, color, sex, or 
national origin, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether 
consciously or unconsciously;

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(iii) An individual's moral character or status as privileged, oppressing, 
or oppressed is primarily determined by the individual's race, color, sex, 
or national origin;

(iv) Members of one race, color, sex, or national origin cannot and should 
not attempt to treat others without respect to their race, color, sex, or 
national origin;

(v) An individual, by virtue of the individual's race, color, sex, or 
national origin, bears responsibility for, should feel guilt, anguish, or 
other forms of psychological distress because of, should be discriminated 
against, blamed, or stereotyped for, or should receive adverse treatment 
because of actions committed in the past by other members of the same race, 
color, sex, or national origin, in which the individual played no part;

(vi) An individual, by virtue of the individual's race, color, sex, or 
national origin, should be discriminated against or receive adverse 
treatment to achieve diversity, equity, or inclusion;

(vii) Virtues such as merit, excellence, hard work, fairness, neutrality, 
objectivity, and racial colorblindness are racist or sexist or were created 
by members of a particular race, color, sex, or national origin to oppress 
members of another race, color, sex, or national origin; or

(viii) the United States is fundamentally racist, sexist, or otherwise 
discriminatory.

                    (c) ``Educational service agency'' (ESA) has the 
                meaning given in 20 U.S.C. 1401(5), and the terms 
                ``elementary school,'' ``local educational agency'' 
                (LEA), ``secondary school,'' and ``state educational 
                agency'' (SEA) have the meanings given in 34 CFR 
                77.1(c).
                    (d) ``Patriotic education'' means a presentation of 
                the history of America grounded in:

(i) an accurate, honest, unifying, inspiring, and ennobling 
characterization of America's founding and foundational principles;

(ii) a clear examination of how the United States has admirably grown 
closer to its noble principles throughout its history;

(iii) the concept that commitment to America's aspirations is beneficial 
and justified; and

(iv) the concept that celebration of America's greatness and history is 
proper.

                    (e) ``Social transition'' means the process of 
                adopting a ``gender identity'' or ``gender marker'' 
                that differs from a person's sex. This process can 
                include psychological or psychiatric counseling or 
                treatment by a school counselor or other provider; 
                modifying a person's name (e.g., ``Jane'' to ``James'') 
                or pronouns (e.g., ``him'' to ``her''); calling a child 
                ``nonbinary''; use of intimate facilities and 
                accommodations such as bathrooms or locker rooms 
                specifically designated for persons of the opposite 
                sex; and participating in school athletic competitions 
                or other extracurricular activities specifically 
                designated for persons of the opposite sex. ``Social 
                transition'' does not include chemical or surgical 
                mutilation.

                Sec. 3. Ending Indoctrination Strategy. (a) Within 90 
                days of the date of this order, to advise the President 
                in formulating future policy, the Secretary of 
                Education, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary 
                of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the 
                Attorney General, shall provide an Ending 
                Indoctrination Strategy to the President, through the 
                Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, 
                containing recommendations and a plan for:

(i) eliminating Federal funding or support for illegal and discriminatory 
treatment and indoctrination in K-12 schools, including based on gender 
ideology and discriminatory equity ideology; and

(ii) protecting parental rights, pursuant to FERPA, 20 U.S.C. 1232g, and 
the PPRA, 20 U.S.C. 1232h, with respect to any K-12 policies or conduct 
implicated by the purpose and policy of this order.

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                    (b) The Ending Indoctrination Strategy submitted 
                under subsection (a) of this section shall contain a 
                summary and analysis of the following:

(i) All Federal funding sources and streams, including grants or contracts, 
that directly or indirectly support or subsidize the instruction, 
advancement, or promotion of gender ideology or discriminatory equity 
ideology:

  (A) in K-12 curriculum, instruction, programs, or activities; or

  (B) in K-12 teacher education, certification, licensing, employment, or 
training;

(ii) Each agency's process to prevent or rescind Federal funds, to the 
maximum extent consistent with applicable law, from being used by an ESA, 
SEA, LEA, elementary school, or secondary school to directly or indirectly 
support or subsidize the instruction, advancement, or promotion of gender 
ideology or discriminatory equity ideology in:

  (A) K-12 curriculum, instruction, programs, or activities; or

  (B) K-12 teacher certification, licensing, employment, or training;

(iii) Each agency's process to prevent or rescind Federal funds, to the 
maximum extent consistent with applicable law, from being used by an ESA, 
SEA, LEA, elementary school, or secondary school to directly or indirectly 
support or subsidize the social transition of a minor student, including 
through school staff or teachers or through deliberately concealing the 
minor's social transition from the minor's parents.

(iv) Each agency's process to prevent or rescind Federal funds, to the 
maximum extent consistent with applicable law, from being used by an ESA, 
SEA, LEA, elementary school, or secondary school to directly or indirectly 
support or subsidize:

  (A) interference with a parent's Federal statutory right to information 
regarding school curriculum, records, physical examinations, surveys, and 
other matters under the PPRA or FERPA; or

  (B) a violation of Title VI or Title IX; and

(v) A summary and analysis of all relevant agency enforcement tools to 
advance the policies of this order.

                    (c) The Attorney General shall coordinate with 
                State attorneys general and local district attorneys in 
                their efforts to enforce the law and file appropriate 
                actions against K-12 teachers and school officials who 
                violate the law by:

(i) sexually exploiting minors;

(ii) unlawfully practicing medicine by offering diagnoses and treatment 
without the requisite license; or

(iii) otherwise unlawfully facilitating the social transition of a minor 
student.

                    (d) The Assistant to the President for Domestic 
                Policy shall regularly convene the heads of the 
                agencies tasked with submitting the Ending 
                Indoctrination Strategy under subsection (a) of this 
                section to confer regarding their findings, areas for 
                additional investigation, the modification or 
                implementation of their respective recommendations, and 
                such other policy initiatives or matters as the 
                President may direct.

                Sec. 4. Reestablishing the President's Advisory 1776 
                Commission and Promoting Patriotic Education. (a) The 
                President's Advisory 1776 Commission (``1776 
                Commission''), which was created by Executive Order 
                13958 of November 2, 2020, to promote patriotic 
                education, but was terminated by President Biden in 
                Executive Order 13985 of January 20, 2021, is hereby 
                reestablished. The purpose of the 1776 Commission is to 
                promote patriotic education and advance the purposes 
                stated in section 1 of Executive Order 13958, as well 
                as to advise and promote the work of the White House 
                Task Force on Celebrating America's 250th Birthday 
                (``Task Force 250'') and the United States 
                Semiquincentennial Commission in their efforts to

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                provide a grand celebration worthy of the momentous 
                occasion of the 250th anniversary of American 
                Independence on July 4, 2026.

                    (b) Within 120 days of the date of this order, the 
                Secretary of Education shall establish the 1776 
                Commission in the Department of Education.
                    (c) The 1776 Commission shall be composed of not 
                more than 20 members, who shall be appointed by the 
                President for a term of 2 years. The 1776 Commission 
                shall be made up of individuals from outside the 
                Federal Government with relevant experience or subject-
                matter expertise.
                    (d) The 1776 Commission shall have a Chair or Co-
                Chairs, at the President's discretion, and a Vice 
                Chair, who shall be designated by the President from 
                among the Commission's members. An Executive Director, 
                designated by the Secretary of Education in 
                consultation with the Assistant to the President for 
                Domestic Policy, shall coordinate the work of the 1776 
                Commission. The Chair (or Co-Chairs) and Vice Chair 
                shall work with the Executive Director to convene 
                regular meetings of the 1776 Commission, determine its 
                agenda, and direct its work, consistent with this 
                order.
                    (e) The 1776 Commission shall:

(i) facilitate the development and implementation of a ``Presidential 1776 
Award'' to recognize student knowledge of the American founding, including 
knowledge about the Founders, the Declaration of Independence, the 
Constitutional Convention, and the great soldiers and battles of the 
American Revolutionary War;

(ii) in coordination with the White House Office of Public Liaison, 
coordinate bi-weekly lectures regarding the 250th anniversary of American 
Independence that are grounded in patriotic education principles, which 
shall be broadcast to the Nation throughout calendar year 2026;

(iii) upon request, advise executive departments and agencies regarding 
their efforts to ensure patriotic education is appropriately provided to 
the public at national parks, battlefields, monuments, museums, 
installations, landmarks, cemeteries, and other places important to the 
American founding and American history, as appropriate and consistent with 
applicable law;

(iv) upon request, offer advice and recommendations to, and support the 
work of Task Force 250 and the United States Semiquincentennial Commission 
regarding their plans to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American 
Independence; and

(v) facilitate, advise upon, and promote private and civic activities 
nationwide to increase public knowledge of and support patriotic education 
surrounding the 250th anniversary of American Independence, as appropriate 
and consistent with applicable law.

                    (f) The Department of Education shall provide 
                funding and administrative support for the 1776 
                Commission, to the extent permitted by law and subject 
                to the availability of appropriations.
                    (g) Members of the 1776 Commission shall serve 
                without compensation but, as approved by the Department 
                of Education, shall be reimbursed for travel expenses, 
                including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as 
                authorized by law for persons serving intermittently in 
                the Government service (5 U.S.C. 5701-5707).
                    (h) Insofar as chapter 10 of title 5, United States 
                Code (commonly known as the Federal Advisory Committee 
                Act), may apply to the 1776 Commission, any functions 
                of the President under that Act, except that of 
                reporting to the Congress, shall be performed by the 
                Secretary of Education, in accordance with the 
                guidelines issued by the Administrator of General 
                Services.
                    (i) The 1776 Commission shall terminate 2 years 
                from the date of this order, unless extended by the 
                President.

                Sec. 5. Additional Patriotic Education Measures. (a) 
                All relevant agencies shall monitor compliance with 
                section 111(b) of title I of Division J of

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                Public Law 108-447, which provides that ``[e]ach 
                educational institution that receives Federal funds for 
                a fiscal year shall hold an educational program on the 
                United States Constitution on September 17 of such year 
                for the students served by the educational 
                institution,'' including by verifying compliance with 
                each educational institution that receives Federal 
                funds. All relevant agencies shall take action, as 
                appropriate, to enhance compliance with that law.

                    (b) All relevant agencies shall prioritize Federal 
                resources, consistent with applicable law, to promote 
                patriotic education, including through the following 
                programs:

(i) the Department of Education's American History and Civics Academies and 
American History and Civics Education-National Activities programs;

(ii) the Department of Defense's National Defense Education Program and 
Pilot Program on Enhanced Civics Education; and

(iii) the Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs 
and Fulbright, U.S. Speaker, and International Visitor Leadership programs, 
as well as the American Spaces network.

                Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order 
                shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or 
the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

                    (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with 
                applicable law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.
                    (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, 
                create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
                enforceable at law or in equity by any party against 
                the United States, its departments, agencies, or 
                entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
                other person.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    January 29, 2025.

[FR Doc. 2025-02232
Filed 1-31-25; 11:15 am]
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