The Trump administration says DEI programs violate federal civil rights law. It threatens to withhold funding if states don't certify that DEI is out.

In a forceful pushback, New York education officials are defying the Trump administration's directive to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public schools. In a letter to the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights,

New York’s stance differed from the muted and deferential responses from other major institutions to the administration’s threats.