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Trump to Sign Order Blocking Federal Funds for Schools With COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Friday that will prohibit federal funding for schools and universities requiring students to be vaccinated for COVID-19 to attend in-person classes.

According to a report by Breitbart, a White House document indicates that the order will apply to education service agencies, state education agencies, and local education agencies. It will bar the use of “federal funds from being used to support or subsidize an educational service agency, state education agency, local education agency, elementary school, secondary school, or institution of higher education that requires students to have received a COVID-19 vaccination to attend in-person education programs.”

The order will also direct recently confirmed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Secretary of Education to develop compliance guidelines and create a plan to eliminate COVID-19 vaccination mandates. This includes producing a report on “non-compliant entities” and establishing a system to withhold federal funding from  “educational entities” enforcing such mandates.

During his campaign, Trump pledged that he would not allow schools to impose COVID-19 mandates and would “not give one penny to any school that has a vaccine mandate.” 

The Trump administration has already rolled back COVID-19 vaccination policies at the federal level, including the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to end the requirement that green card applicants prove they received a COVID-19 vaccine. Additionally, Trump signed an order reinstating service members dismissed for refusing the vaccine under the Biden administration.

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