DOJ reportedly spent over $100M on DEI education programs over last four years

The Department of Justice (DOJ) spent over $100 million over the last four years on education programs related to restorative justice, social-emotional learning and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), according to a new report.The Parents Defending Education (PDE), a right-learning organization aiming to “reclaim our schools from activists imposing harmful agendas,” released its latest findings Thursday.The report found the DOJ awarded and distributed $100,113,942 in grants to over 900 school districts across 36 states between 2021 and 2024.According to the report, which was first reported by the Daily Wire, the DOJ spent $45,207,178 on “project proposals that broadly mention restorative practices or social emotional learning,” $32,084,529 spent on “proposals that discuss diversity, equity, or inclusion or explicitly explain how the project is intended to improve outcomes for a specific demographic group” and $19,881,347 spent on certification for consultants that “often promote divisive concepts such as critical race theory, critical gender theory and queer theory.”Another $10,296,100 was spent on proposals on hiring new administrators, including a “restorative justice facilitator.”Some highlights included nearly $2 million being given to the Minnesota Department of Education to “create safe learning environments where practices of anti-racism and anti-oppression are embedded” and nearly $1 million given to New Jersey’s Ocean County to reduce violence while equating “teasing” to “oppression and all forms of violence.”The report also highlighted the DOJ’s STOP School Violence Program, which the group warned aimed to “improve school climate” by switching from disciplinary actions to “social emotional learning.”“More often than not, when schools mention ‘improving school climate’ they mean replacing exclusionary discipline with restorative practices and social-emotional learning,” PDE wrote. It continued, “Exc...