A parental advocacy organization says the Department of Justice spent over $100 million on restorative justice, social-emotional learning programs and diversity, equity and inclusion programs since 2021.
Parents Defending Education released a report Thursday that says the federal law enforcement agency gave the money through 102 grants to nearly 1,000 school districts in 36 states and an estimated 3.2 million students.
The parental organization said many of the grants funded projects that “had an explicit goal of improving school climate for ‘disproportionately impacted’ groups, singling out LGBTQ+ and [Black, Indigenous, people of color].”
“The Minnesota Department of Education received nearly $2 million from the DOJ to ‘create safe learning environments where practices of anti-racism and anti oppression are embedded,’” the parental rights organization said.
