{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://wassermanschultz.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3433", "Wasserman Schultz Leads Congressional Florida Democrats\u2019 Call to Protect Latinos in Action Programs, Local Classroom Funding", "2025-10-22", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "FL", "Debbie Wasserman Schultz", "W000797", "wassermanschultz.house.gov", "wassermanschultz", "https://wassermanschultz.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) led every Congressional Florida Democrat to call on the Trump Administration\u2019s Department of Education (DOEd) to rescind its threat to withhold federal funds from local classrooms and give school districts a chance to prove that inaccurate claims against a long-time, successful Latinos In Action program should not be used to target funding and resources that local districts need.\n\nThe Latinos in Action program provides school districts with classroom curriculum resources to boost education and leadership skills, and it\u2019s open to all students in the more than 500 schools across 16 states that utilize it. However, the Trump Administration recently singled out the program as part of its nationwide attack on diversity efforts. Specifically, Trump\u2019s DOEd claimed that it was exclusionary to students and used this false assertion to threaten school districts with federal funding cuts unless they terminated the program. Broward, Polk and Seminole counties received threatening DOEd letters related to the program, and several other Florida districts opted to suspend the program for fear of losing funding, including those in Lee, Osceola, Volusia, Orange and Hillsborough counties.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s clear the Trump Administration targeted this highly successful program based on inaccurate information as part of its drive to attack any effort aimed at giving all students a chance to excel and succeed,\u201d said Wasserman Schultz. \u201cThe Education Department, or what\u2019s left of it, clearly acted prematurely by threatening to withhold funding from our local schools, and it all appears to be based on erroneous information, an incomplete investigation, and a purely political agenda. Latinos in Action has for nearly a decade helped all our students grow as scholars and leaders. This baseless decision by the Department is an attack on our students\u2019 educational opportunities.\u201d\n\nThe Democratic Members who signed on to Wasserman Schultz\u2019s letter include Reps. Kathy Castor, (FL-14), Frederica Wilson (FL-24), Lois Frankel (FL-22), Darren Soto (FL-09), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20), Maxwell Frost (FL-10), and Jared Moskowitz (FL-23). The letter to the DOEd from House Democratic lawmakers specifically requests the Education Department\u2019s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to:\n\nRescind their decision to withhold Magnet Schools Assistance Program funding from Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) and other Florida school districts due to alleged violations of Title VI compliance in the Latinos in Action curriculum;\n\nGive BCPS the chance to prove compliance, and;\n\nAnswer how they came to the determination that the program was not in compliance.\n\nThe Magnet Schools Assistance Program provides school districts funding to establish and operate magnet schools with the goal of attracting a diverse group of students and to desegregate public schools. Given this goal, any school district receiving MSAP funding must have the Office for Civil Rights certify its compliance with Title VI.\n\n\u201cAs we are certain the Department agrees, the diligent protection of students\u2019 civil rights must follow fair, established rules, and should never result in an indiscriminate erosion of learning opportunities for students of all races,\u201d said the Members. \u201cAny failure to follow federal guidelines would ultimately hurt thousands of students of every race.\u201d\n\nRead the full Member letter here.\n\n####\n\nHoy, la congresista Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) lider\u00f3 a todos los dem\u00f3cratas del Congreso de Florida para pedir al Departamento de Educaci\u00f3n de la Administraci\u00f3n Trump (DOEd) que rescinda su amenaza de retener fondos federales de las aulas locales y dar a los distritos escolares la oportunidad de demostrar que las las mentiras sobre un programa exitoso y a largo plazo como \u2018Latinos In Action\u2019 no deben usarse para destinar fondos y recursos que necesitan los distritos locales.\n\nEl programa Latinos in Action proporciona a los distritos escolares recursos curriculares para impulsar la educaci\u00f3n y las habilidades de liderazgo, y est\u00e1 abierto a todos los estudiantes en las m\u00e1s de 500 escuelas en 16 estados que lo utilizan. Sin embargo, la Administraci\u00f3n Trump recientemente se\u00f1al\u00f3 el programa como parte de su ataque nacional a los esfuerzos de diversidad. Espec\u00edficamente, el DOEd de Trump afirm\u00f3 que era excluyente para los estudiantes y us\u00f3 esta afirmaci\u00f3n falsa para amenazar a los distritos escolares con recortes de fondos federales a menos que terminaran el programa. Los condados de Broward, Polk y Seminole recibieron cartas amenazantes del DOEd relacionadas con el programa, y varios otros distritos de Florida optaron por suspender el programa por temor a perder fondos, incluidos los de los condados de Lee, Osceola, Volusia, Orange y Hillsborough.\n\n\"Es claro que la Administraci\u00f3n Trump apunt\u00f3 a este programa exitoso basado en informaci\u00f3n falsa como parte de su impulso para atacar cualquier esfuerzo destinado a dar a todos los estudiantes la oportunidad de sobresalir y tener \u00e9xito\", dijo Wasserman Schultz. \"El Departamento de Educaci\u00f3n, o lo que a\u00fan queda de ello, claramente actu\u00f3 prematuramente al amenazar con retener fondos de nuestras escuelas locales, y todo parece estar basado en informaci\u00f3n err\u00f3nea y una agenda puramente pol\u00edtica. Latinos in Action ha ayudado a todos nuestros estudiantes a crecer como acad\u00e9micos y l\u00edderes hace casi una d\u00e9cada. Esta decisi\u00f3n sin base del Departamento es un ataque a las oportunidades educativas de nuestros estudiantes\".\n\nLos miembros dem\u00f3cratas que se unieron para firmar la carta de Wasserman Schultz incluyen a los representantes Kathy Castor (FL-14), Frederica Wilson (FL-24), Lois Frankel (FL-22), Darren Soto (FL-09), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20), Maxwell Frost (FL-10) y Jared Moskowitz (FL-23). La carta al Departamento de Educaci\u00f3n de los legisladores dem\u00f3cratas de la C\u00e1mara de Representantes solicita espec\u00edficamente a la Oficina de Derechos Civiles (OCR) del Departamento de Educaci\u00f3n que:\n\nRescindir su decisi\u00f3n de retener los fondos del Programa de Asistencia para Escuelas Magnet de las Escuelas P\u00fablicas del Condado de Broward (BCPS) y otros distritos escolares de Florida debido a presuntas violaciones del cumplimiento del T\u00edtulo VI en el plan de estudios de Latinos in Action;\n\nDar a BCPS la oportunidad de demostrar el cumplimiento, y;\n\nResponda c\u00f3mo llegaron a la determinaci\u00f3n de que el programa no cumpl\u00eda.\n\nEl \u2018Magnet Schools Assistance Program\u2019 (Programa de Asistencia para Escuelas Magnet) proporciona fondos a los distritos escolares para establecer y operar escuelas con el objetivo de atraer a un grupo diverso de estudiantes y eliminar la segregaci\u00f3n en las escuelas p\u00fablicas. Dado este objetivo, cualquier distrito escolar que reciba fondos de MSAP debe hacer que la Oficina de Derechos Civiles certifique su cumplimiento con el T\u00edtulo VI.\n\n\"Como estamos seguros de que el Departamento est\u00e1 de acuerdo, la protecci\u00f3n diligente de los derechos civiles de los estudiantes debe seguir reglas justas y establecidas, y nunca debe resultar en una indiscriminada erosi\u00f3n de las oportunidades de aprendizaje para estudiantes de todas las razas\", dijeron los miembros. \"Cualquier fracaso de cumplir con las pautas federales en \u00faltima instancia perjudicar\u00eda a miles de estudiantes de todas las razas\".\n\nLea la carta completa aqu\u00ed.\n\n####", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://wassermanschultz.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3433"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.126861061900854, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}