{"id":2654376,"date":"2026-09-03T20:42:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T00:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-announces-intent-to-remove-tax-exempt-status-from-woke-private-colleges\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T20:45:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T00:45:36","slug":"trump-admin-announces-intent-to-remove-tax-exempt-status-from-woke-private-colleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-announces-intent-to-remove-tax-exempt-status-from-woke-private-colleges\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Admin Announces Intent to Remove Tax-Exempt Status from Woke Private Colleges"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-admin-announces-intent-to-remove-tax-exempt-status-from-woke-private-colleges%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2654376&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The provided content discusses a proposed regulation by the Trump management aimed at eliminating racial discrimination in private educational institutions. The rule states that private schools could lose thier tax-exempt status if they discriminate based on race, colour, or national or ethnic origin in admissions, scholarships, or enrollment processes, unless they are adhering to religious criteria that are not based on ethnicity. the regulation emphasizes that rebranding racial preferences as diversity or inclusion does not change their discriminatory nature. Approximately 18,000 institutions, including primary, secondary, college, and trade schools, could be affected. Schools may continue to consider religious affiliation in student selection without penalty. The regulation also encourages the use of race-neutral criteria for admissions and financial aid. It is scheduled to take effect on May 31, 2027. The move aligns with the administrationS effort to oppose &#8220;wokeness&#8221; and promote policies consistent with the United States&#8217; public policies against discrimination.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Private schools that use race in any form as the criterion for picking students for admissions, scholarships, and entrance into specific programs could lose their tax-exempt status under a new rule proposed by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service said the rule enforces President Donald Trump\u2019s executive orders ending discrimination, according to a Treasury Department <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/sb0621\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder President Trump, this Administration is standing up for America\u2019s students by ensuring racial discrimination has no place in American education,\u201d Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.<\/p>\n<p>Bessent said schools that changed language but not racial discrimination will be in trouble.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSchools rebranding race-based preferences as equitable, inclusive, or diversity-enhancing does not change their discriminatory nature. Today\u2019s Treasury and IRS proposed regulations establish a clear standard, and the institutions that continue to use discriminatory practices will no longer receive the benefits of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-white-houses-advocacy-tiktok-campaign-was-actually-a-democratic-front-the-entire-time\/\" title=\"The White House\u2019s \u2018Advocacy\u2019 TikTok Campaign Was Actually A Democratic Front The Entire Time\">federal tax-exempt status<\/a>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrivate educational institutions that promote discriminatory practices will no longer be afforded the benefits of federal tax-exempt status,\u201d IRS Chief Executive Officer Frank J. Bisignano said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s proposed regulations put institutions on notice and schools that continue to engage in racial discrimination should expect to lose that status,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>As noted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/college-dei-woke-trump-fe549f21b223ea9aa2a9f443470c593e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>, Trump has said he will end \u201cwokeness\u201d and \u201cleftist indoctrination\u201d in education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the Trump admin can make this happen it would be a generational win,\u201d journalist Auron MacIntyre <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AuronMacintyre\/status\/2095559961547817024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Okay, this would be savage<\/p>\n<p>If the Trump admin can make this happen it would be a generational win <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P5pxQkDDBQ\">pic.twitter.com\/P5pxQkDDBQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Auron MacIntyre (@AuronMacintyre) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AuronMacintyre\/status\/2095559961547817024?\">September 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  The proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/public-inspection.federalregister.gov\/2026-18127.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">regulation<\/a> says that \u201ca private school is not described as an organization exempt from Federal income tax if it discriminates on the basis of race, color, or national or ethnic origin in administration of its educational, admissions, scholarship, athletic, or other policies, based on the fundamental public policy of the United States against such practices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The regulation said that the precedent developed by laws and court rulings is that \u201cracial discrimination in education violates a fundamental public policy of the United States and that schools engaging in racial discrimination are ineligible for section 501(c)(3) status.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The proposed regulation would not ban private schools from \u201cmaintaining a religious mission, curriculum, or program of observance, or from selecting students on the basis of religious affiliation or membership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUse of a religiously based selection criterion does not become discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national or ethnic origin merely because members of the relevant religious community may also  ancestry or ethnic characteristics (so long as the selection criteria is based solely on religion and not on d ancestry or ethnic characteristics),\u201d the proposed regulation said.<\/p>\n<p>The release said about 18,000 institutions could be impacted.<\/p>\n<p>Private primary and secondary schools, colleges, universities, professional schools, and trade schools would be covered by the proposed rule.<\/p>\n<p>Schools can use \u201crace-neutral criteria such as family income, geographic location, first-generation status, individual hardship, military family status, or academic achievement when awarding admission or financial assistance,\u201d the release said.<\/p>\n<p>The regulations would take effect on May 31, 2027.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; 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