Education Department to use DEI in grantmaking decisions

When he thought no one was paying attention, Secretary Miguel Cardona made it the official policy of the Education Department to award grants based in part on how thoroughly applicants embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The department doles out billions of taxpayer dollars every year in the form of competitive grants to state and local education agencies, colleges, and nonprofit organizations. To decide which organizations will receive these grants, it uses a playbook called the Education Department General Administrative Regulations.