Executive Order 14191: Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families
Date Signed: January 29, 2025
Key Provisions:
- Executive Order 14191 announced that within ninety days, the Secretary of Education will issue guidance on how the federal government can use discretionary grant funding to support K-12 educational choice initiatives
- This includes information about how federal grant programs can support “educational freedom” and offers federal support for families who choose to send their children to alternative institutions, “including private and faith-based options”
Interfaith Alliance Counterpoints:
- Interfaith Alliance strongly supports the right of parents to send children to schools of their choosing, but we reject the idea that the government should divert critical funding away from public schools, sending it instead to private, charter, or faith-based institutions, which educate only a small portion of our country’s young people.
- Instead of funding a private school education system through school vouchers, we believe the government should invest in our public schools, which educate 90% of students across the country.
- Our public education system is the only one which guarantees religious freedom protections to all students, since faith-based and other sectarian private schools are exempt from some nondiscrimination requirements.
Countering Hate Against Our Beloved: Interfaith Alliance of Iowa
In the face of rising hate and legislative attacks on LGBTQ+ communities and higher education, the Interfaith Alliance of Iowa stands as a crucial voice for faith-based pluralism and social justice. Through advocacy and coalition-building, the Interfaith Alliance of Iowa continues to challenge policies that undermine human dignity and religious freedom.
