HHS Threatens to Cut Funds for 46 States Over Gender Ideology in School Curricula

The agency recently canceled California’s grant program after giving it 60 days to comply with a June 20 order to remove the content.

Newly donated LGBT books are displayed in the library at Nystrom Elementary School in Richmond, Calif., on May 17, 2022. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has ordered 46 U.S. states and territories to remove all educational references to gender ideology from federally funded school grant programs within 60 days, according to an Aug. 26 statement.

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), an HHS division, wrote letters to the states pointing out curricula and materials that fall outside the scope of the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) authorizing statute, and ordered them removed.