The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sent a letter to California requiring the removal of all gender ideology references in curricula and program materials for its federally funded Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP). This action reinforces the Trump Administration’s commitment to ensuring that federally funded programs are grounded in gold-standard, evidence-based science -- not ideological agendas -- and holding states accountable to PREP’s core mission: to provide youth with medically accurate, fact-based education.
After requesting, receiving, and reviewing California’s PREP materials, ACF uncovered egregious content teaching young students that gender identity is distinct from biological sex and that boys can identify as girls. The educational materials promoting gender ideology have nothing to do with Personal Responsibility Education and are outside the scope of PREP’s authorizing statute.
“The Trump Administration will not tolerate the use of federal funds for programs that indoctrinate our children,” said 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.”
ACF is also investigating PREP curricula and program materials for other grant recipients to ensure that all PREP material is free from gender ideology content. Similar notices to other grantees will follow if ACF identifies any gender ideology content.
California is required to remove all gender ideology references from its PREP curricula, program materials, and any other aspects of its program delivery within 60 days and provide a copy to ACF for approval.
If California fails to make the appropriate modifications to its PREP curricula and program materials, ACF has the authority to withhold, disallow, suspend, or terminate the Federal grant.
The letter from ACF to California can be read here (PDF) . This letter includes explicit references to the gender ideology teachings found in California’s PREP materials.
ACF’s previous letter to California requesting its curricula and program materials can be read here (PDF).
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“The Trump Administration will not tolerate the use of federal funds for programs that indoctrinate our children. 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.”— Acting Assistant Secretary Andrew Gradison
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