“Our mission remains the same: that is, to provide open-access education to our community. Our community is Hispanic and Asian and very ethnically diverse,” she said. “Whether documented or undocumented; we are going to continue to provide accessible education and would find a way to provide those services [regardless of funding threats].”
So, rest assured Coastliners; it appears that regarding DEI practices, your curriculum will be defended, as your school administration is protective.
On a larger-scale, mass layoffs within the ED and the passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (H.R.1), will prove to cause lasting damage to the country’s education system. As a part of vast efforts to effectively disempower federal education oversight, the administration “initiated a reduction in force” within the first 90 days of Trump’s return to office on January 20, 2025. Almost 50% of the Department’s staff were given notice they would be placed on administrative leave, around 2,000 people. On May 22, 2025, a Boston federal judge issued a preliminary injunction insisting the employees be reinstated to their positions, and again on June 19 the same judge filed a motion to expedite the process of returning ED to full productivity. Nonetheless, the Supreme Court lifted that injunction on July 8, 2025, allowing the Trump administration to carry out an unprecedented attack on a federal department established by an Act of Congress — without Congress’ approval — ultimately expanding the power of the executive branch to dangerously unchecked levels. This development (along with the Supreme Court granting reductions in force in other departments like Health and Human Services, which placed ~10,000 employees on leave) dramatically hinders the efficacy of programs like Title I for low-income communities, fires those tasked with overseeing Title IX — which ensures that no protected classes are discriminated in schools, affecting more than 7.5 million disabled students — and, along with H.R.1, guts the federal student aid program for U.S. students across the country. Although the climate at the Coast Community College District is calm, future action is difficult to predict with the track record of this administration. So, regardless of your socioeconomic status, identity, or citizenship, it is imperative to stay educated, aware, and determined to fight for equity.
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