Trump launches national crackdown on teachers accused of sexual abuse, CA could lose $50M

NY Post ^ | 07/10/2026 | Josh Koehn

[DFG]

California’s inability to penalize sexually abusive teachers could cost the state’s schools some serious federal dough.

The Trump administration is launching a nationwide crackdown on schools accused of shielding sexually abusive teachers — and California could lose $50 million in federal funding for failing to protect students, The California Post has learned.

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon is expected to send letters to school districts nationwide Friday reminding them of their obligations under federal law to promptly investigate allegations of sexual abuse and harassment and prevent educators accused of abusing students from quietly moving to other schools, which is colloquially known as “passing the trash.”

California appears poised to be one of the administration’s biggest targets.

The Education Department will also announce a new national enforcement initiative by opening 20 civil rights investigations into school districts whose federal data submissions suggest they may have failed to properly address sexual misconduct by school employees, according to officials with knowledge of the situation.

Three California schools across two school districts stand to lose nearly $50 million in Title I funding if they are ultimately found in violation of federal law and refuse to come into compliance, officials told The Post. The department has not yet publicly identified any of the schools or districts.

The federal action comes just months after a ProPublica and KQED investigation found at least 67 California educators kept their teaching credentials even after school districts determined they had sexually harassed students or committed other forms of sexual misconduct. At least 12 of those educators remained employed in education despite the findings.

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TOPICS: US: California
KEYWORDS: california; education; lindamcmahon; sexualabuse

[Bon of Babble]

The Trump administration is launching a nationwide crackdown on schools accused of shielding sexually abusive teachers

And Newsom will fight the feds every step of the way, having AG Bobble Head Bonta file endless lawsuits.

Newsom has terminal TDS.

[Tell It Right]

Agreed. The Dim party, which wants grooming trans done in schools, will protect the pedos in the schools.

[Lurker]

Excellent.

Now do Chicago public schools

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[fwdude]

To be honest, this is one reason I could never be a teacher, at least not in a high school.

Being around that environment would be just too much tension, from both sides. Not that I would offend, but it would be a constant distraction.

Perhaps in an all-boy’s school? Do they still allow those?

[Marko413]

This is a tough thing to get right. On one hand you have abusive teachers that need to be removed and jailed in my opinion. On the other hand you have students who will make false accusations. Not easy to get conclusive evidence and there will be no accountability to the students that do falsely accuse.

[Ge0ffrey]

I thought we were getting rid of the education department.

[bobrlbob]

What about the people in Congress they are covering up for?.

[johniegrad]

Finally. Someone going after the most predatory, best protected, perverts of all.

[Antoninus]

It's about time someone did something about this. The number of teachers who have abused kids dwarfs the number of priests...and yet that was a decades-long national scandal.

To paraphrase Joseph Stalin: "A thousand abuse victims is a tragedy. Ten million abuse victims is a statistic."

[OrangeHoof]

Imagine if he was cracking down on members of Congress from California...