The U.S. Department of Education under the Trump administration says that race-based decisions in education – including race-based hiring, admissions, and scholarships – are unlawful, and any institution that does not comply with the department’s antidiscrimination requirements will face loss of federal funding.

“The Department of Education will no longer allow education entities to discriminate on the basis of race,” Craig Trainor, acting assistant secretary for Civil Rights at the department, told The Center Square.

“This isn’t complicated,” Trainor said. “When in doubt, every school should consult the SFFA legal test contained in the [Dear Colleague letter]: ‘If an educational institution treats a person of one race differently than it treats another person because of that person’s race, the educational institution violates the law.’”

Trainor also said that “additional guidance on implementation is forthcoming.”

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