{"id":4947,"date":"2025-09-15T16:22:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T21:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/15\/u-s-education-department-boosts-funds-for-hbcus-tribal-colleges-charter-schools-2\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:22:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T21:22:31","slug":"u-s-education-department-boosts-funds-for-hbcus-tribal-colleges-charter-schools-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/15\/u-s-education-department-boosts-funds-for-hbcus-tribal-colleges-charter-schools-2\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Education Department boosts funds for HBCUs, tribal colleges, charter schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/howarduniversity-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"A student walks along the campus of Howard University, an HBCU, on Oct. 25, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Howard is an HBCU. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A student walks along the campus of Howard University, an HBCU, on Oct. 25, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Howard is an HBCU. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump\u2019s administration said Monday it will redirect $495 million in additional funding to historically Black colleges and universities as well as tribal colleges.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The U.S. Education Department\u2019s announcement came just days after the administration decided to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/trump-education-department-divert-grants-colleges-serving-students-color\" target=\"_blank\">gut and reprogram $350 million<\/a> in discretionary funds that support minority-serving institutions over claims that these programs are \u201cracially discriminatory.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The department last week said it would cease funding for seven grant programs that go toward institutions that serve students who are Black, Indigenous, Hispanic and Asian, as well as initiatives for minority students pursuing science and engineering careers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The agency\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/about\/news\/press-release\/us-department-of-education-ends-funding-racially-discriminatory-discretionary-grant-programs-minority-serving-institutions\" target=\"_blank\">argued<\/a> that these programs \u201cdiscriminate by conferring government benefits exclusively to institutions that meet racial or ethnic quotas.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Charter schools, civics education<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Meanwhile, the department is also diverting $60 million toward grants for charter schools, and will award a total of $500 million for these schools, which receive public funds and are a form of school choice. The umbrella term \u201cschool choice\u201d centers on programs that offer alternatives to one\u2019s assigned public school.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The agency also said it\u2019s investing more than $160 million total in American history and civics grants \u2014 a $137 million increase in the funds Congress previously approved.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In its announcement, the agency said \u201cthese investments will be repurposed from programs that the Department determined are not in the best interest of students and families.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Education Secretary Linda McMahon said her department \u201chas carefully scrutinized our federal grants, ensuring that taxpayers are not funding racially discriminatory programs but those programs which promote merit and excellence in education,\u201d in a statement Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">She added that the administration \u201cwill use every available tool to meaningfully advance educational outcomes and ensure every American has the opportunity to succeed in life.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">There was no breakdown made available Monday as to which programs or individual institutions would gain funding.<\/p>\n<h4>HBCU \u2018godsend\u2019<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Lodriguez V. Murray, senior vice president for public policy and government affairs at UNCF, which supports historically Black colleges and universities, said the extra funding is \u201cnothing short of a godsend for HBCUs,\u201d in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uncf.org\/news\/uncf-applauds-funding-increase-for-hbcus\" target=\"_blank\">statement<\/a> Monday.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe are grateful to have worked with the Trump Administration, Secretary McMahon, and her Department of Education team in achieving this one-time infusion of grant funding,\u201d Murray said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Murray noted that \u201cHBCUs are currently and have been underfunded since their inception\u201d and \u201cwhile we are grateful for these funds, we are still under-resourced.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/fastfacts\/display.asp?id=667\" target=\"_blank\">National Center for Education Statistics<\/a> noted that in 2022, there were \u201c99 HBCUs located in 19 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A student walks along the campus of Howard University, an HBCU, on Oct. 25, 2021 in Washington, D.C. 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