The Trump administration gave California a deadline to eliminate gender-ideology references from material used in a federally funded program aimed at preventing teen pregnancy, accusing the state of seeking to “indoctrinate our children.”

The Administration for Children and Families, an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, wrote in a Friday letter that the state has 60 days to remove the gender-identity passages from material used in the Personal Responsibility Education Program or lose its federal grant.

“The Trump administration will not tolerate the use of federal funds for programs that indoctrinate our children,” said HHS acting Assistant Secretary Andrew Gradison. “The disturbing gender ideology content in California’s PREP materials is both unacceptable and well outside the program’s core purpose. ACF remains committed to radical transparency and providing accountability so that parents know what their children are being taught in schools.”

PREP, with a budget of $75 million, seeks to reduce teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases by teaching youth ages 10-19 about abstinence and contraception. California received $5,864,762 in PREP funding in fiscal 2023, according to a 2023 report from Sex Ed for Social Change.

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