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马萨诸塞州波士顿9月17日电（路透社）——一名联邦法官周四推翻了美国前总统唐纳德·特朗普政府早期通过的一项政策，该政策要求美国教育部终止数百万美元用于多元化、公平与包容（DEI）项目的拨款。
美国波士顿地区法官安吉尔·凯利
裁定支持八个由民主党领导的州，这些州持续挑战教育部的这项政策，即便美国最高法院在2025年4月允许该政府终止教师培训拨款。
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法官表示，该政策未明确规定哪些项目会被认定为“DEI”项目并因此失去资助资格。她还指出，教育部未考虑取消这些拨款会对依赖该资金的群体造成何种影响。
“该指令未承认数千名教师以及教师培训项目中的教师将受到影响，这将打乱急需的教育工作者的职业规划，”凯利写道。
教育部未立即回应置评请求。
2025年2月，教育部宣布取消超过6亿美元的拨款，理由是这些拨款被用于培训教师和教育机构“分裂性意识形态”，包括DEI和社会正义行动主义，随后这八个州提起诉讼。
这些K-12教师培训拨款此前通过“教师质量伙伴关系”和“支持高效教育者发展”grant项目发放。
根据周四的裁决，这些项目中超过90%的拨款因终止支持DEI的指令而被取消。109项被终止的拨款中，有40项流向了八个州内的大学及其他机构。
由加利福尼亚州、马萨诸塞州和新泽西州牵头的这些州此前曾说服另一位最初审理此案的法官下令恢复拨款。但由保守派占6比3多数的最高法院搁置了该命令。
由民主党总统乔·拜登任命的凯利表示，任何试图追回因这些拨款终止而损失资金的诉讼，现在需交由另一个专门法院——联邦索赔法院审理。
但她表示，她仍有权裁定2025年2月最初导致拨款终止的机构指令是否符合《行政程序法》。她最终认定该指令不符合法律规定，属于专断和反复无常的行为。
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US judge strikes down Education Department’s anti-DEI grant policy
2026-09-17T22:57:34.564Z / Reuters
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BOSTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday struck down a policy that was adopted early in US President Donald Trump’s administration that required the US Department of Education to terminate millions of dollars in grants funding diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
US District Judge Angel Kelley in Boston
ruled
in favor of eight Democratic-led states that had continued to challenge the Education Department policy even after the US Supreme Court in April 2025 allowed the administration to proceed with terminating the teacher training grants.
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The judge said the policy provided no discernible criteria for what programs would be considered “DEI” and disfavored for funding. The department also failed to consider how canceling the grants would impact those who relied upon the funding, she said.
“The Directive does not acknowledge the fact that thousands of teachers, as well as teachers in teacher-training pipelines, would be affected, upending the careers of much-needed educators,” Kelley wrote.
The Education Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The states sued after the Education Department in February 2025 announced it was canceling more than $600 million in grants because they were used to train teachers and education agencies on “divisive ideologies,” including DEI and social justice activism.
The K-12 teacher preparation grants had been issued through the Teacher Quality Partnership and Supporting Effective Educator Development grant programs.
Over 90% of grants awarded through those programs were canceled as a result of a directive to terminate ones supporting DEI, according to Thursday’s ruling. The 109 terminated grants included 40 awarded to universities and other institutions in the eight states.
The states, led by California, Massachusetts and New Jersey, had previously convinced a different judge, who was originally assigned their case, to order the grants be reinstated. But the 6-3 conservative-majority Supreme Court put that order on hold.
Kelley, who was appointed by Democratic President Joe Biden, said any lawsuits trying to recover money lost as a result of those grant terminations would now need to proceed in a different, specialist court, the Court of Federal Claims.
But she said she retained the ability to determine if the original February 2025 agency directive that led to their termination complied with the Administrative Procedure Act. She concluded it did not and was arbitrary and capricious.
Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston; Editing by Aurora Ellis
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