President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Friday to suspend federal funding for schools and universities that require students to be vaccinated against the coronavirus before attending in-person classes, he said. Breitbart News learned.
According to White House documents provided to Breitbart News, the expected order also applies to educational services agencies, state education agencies and local educational institutions.
The order “to support or grant federal funds to educational services agencies, state educational institutions, local educational institutions, elementary schools, middle schools, or higher education institutions that require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19. It is prohibited to use it. Please participate in a face-to-face education program.”
The expected order also directed newly created Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy and Secretary of Education to “plan to terminate mandatory COVID-19 vaccine orders” to establish compliance guidelines. Provides.”
This includes developing a system that will produce reports on “non-compliant entities” and suspend federal funding for “educational entities” with coronavirus mandates.
At various points on the campaign trail, Trump said he “will not allow schools to impose community obligations” and “will not give a penny to schools that have vaccine orders.”
The president and his administration have already taken action to roll back coronavirus vaccine requirements at the federal level.
For example, the Trump Department's Department of Homeland Security has concluded that former President Joe Biden's requirement that green card applicants must prove they have been vaccinated, as reported by Breitbart News in January. Ended.
“The US Citizenship and Immigration Agency (USCIS) agency, part of the Department of Homeland Security, has declared that all 'status adjustment' applications will no longer require them to attach proof of COVID vaccines.” Masu.
In a similar note, he signature An order brings back service members who refused to take the coronavirus vaccine while in the Biden administration, leading to their dismissal.
