{"id":846,"date":"2026-05-30T08:07:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T08:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=846"},"modified":"2026-05-30T08:07:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T08:07:23","slug":"oregon-under-fire-for-grant-program-that-wont-give-money-to-schools-with-too-many-white-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=846","title":{"rendered":"Oregon Under Fire For Grant Program That Won\u2019t Give Money To Schools With Too Many White Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<p>Two nonprofits are demanding an investigation into Oregon\u2019s allegedly anti-white education grants.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=844\">Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump\u2019s Anti-Weaponization Fund<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Defending Education and Do No Harm (DNH) filed a joint complaint with the U.S. Department of Education\u2019s Office for Civil Rights against Oregon\u2019s education department and Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) on May 28, according to a Defending Education press release. The complaint accuses an Oregon grants program of being racially discriminatory. (<strong>RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Civil Rights Group Calls For Federal Investigation Of State University Over \u2018Hidden\u2019 DEI<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"519\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdefendinged%2Fposts%2Fpfbid024yfKcgqF2E4KrGaVtYC3YjgBc4Fjb2GGHeME7qu9KkxBJYe4MZmTZAB4aK4EjPdwl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Department of Education, Oregon\u2019s Department of Education, and HECC did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat stands out most about Oregon\u2019s system of public school funding is the sheer blatancy of the discrimination \u2013 explicit racial quotas and race-based bonuses for distributing public funds written into Oregon law and policy. This race-based essentialism has no place in Oregon or elsewhere in the United States,\u201d DNH Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kurt Miceli told the DCNF.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<p>Oregon\u2019s Department of Education awards the Charter School Equity Grant to schools where at least 65% of students are disabled and\/or students belong to \u201c[r]acial or ethnic groups that have historically experienced academic disparities,\u201d according to the grant\u2019s text.<\/p>\n<p>This violates the \u201c\u2018color-blind\u2019 mandate\u201d of both Title VI and the 14th Amendment\u2019s Equal Protection Clause, the complaint alleges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026[G]overnments, the [Supreme] Court explained, may not use \u2018amorphous concept[s]\u2019 like past \u2018societal discrimination\u2019 to justify giving a boost to members of one racial group \u2018at the expense of other innocent individuals,&#8217;\u201d it states.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_3 --> <\/p>\n<p>The complaint also alleged that Oregon\u2019s HECC violates those same statutes by \u201cdistribut[ing] \u2018bonus\u2019 taxpayer funds to schools based on the number of minority students who graduate from each school\u201d through their Public University Support Fund (PUSF).<\/p>\n<p>PUSF\u2019s funding totaled approximately $1.07 billion in the 2025-2027 .<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOregon\u2019s Department of Education and Oregon\u2019s Higher Education Coordinating Commission appear to be violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act by administering programs that explicitly discriminate on the basis of race.The Department oversees more than 1,200 public K-12 schools and over 560,000 students, and it receives more than $150 million annually in federal grant funding,\u201d Defending Education Vice President Sarah Perry told the DCNF. \u201cBut it operates a Charter School Equity Grants program, which explicitly funds charters that have at least a 65-percent minority population \u2014 something that looks very much like an illegal race-based quota.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=842\">How Many Murders Involve \u2018Glock Switches?\u2019 You Won\u2019t Believe How Few<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Commission fares no better, as it awards taxpayer funds to schools based on the number of minority students who graduate from each. That kind of race essentialism is odious to the Constitution, and we look forward to the Department of Education\u2019s investigation into how the state is using its educational funds,\u201d Perry said.<\/p>\n<p>Defending Education \u201cwork[s] to restore schools at all levels from activists imposing harmful agendas,\u201d according to its website.<\/p>\n<p>Defending Education found in 2025 that over $300 million was raised for apparent DEI initiatives at universities across the nation since 2021, the DCNF previously reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOregon\u2019s use of student racial demographics to allocate public funding for K-12 schools and universities is immoral and violates the Constitution and federal antidiscrimination law. Political activists have long pushed institutions to support equity over equality, and Oregon\u2019s system of race-based funding to remedy vague claims of \u2018societal discrimination\u2019 is a clear example,\u201d Miceli told the DCNF.<\/p>\n<p>Do No Harm \u201crepresents physicians, nurses, medical students, patients, and policymakers focused on keeping identity politics out of medical education, research, and clinical practice,\u201d according\u00a0to its website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOregonians deserve to know their tax dollars support equal educational opportunities for all. However, the state\u2019s current system distributes public funding using racial quotas and race-based \u2018bonuses\u2019 that prioritize certain student racial demographics while actively disfavoring white and Asian racial groups,\u201d Miceli said. \u201cOur complaint shines much-needed light on these discriminatory practices, and we look forward to the Department of Education holding Oregon accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation. 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