Trump Put 18,000 Schools On Tax Watch

A proposed Treasury and IRS rule would turn race-based school policies into a tax-exempt status problem.

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Larry Olson
September 04, 2026

The Trump administration is putting private schools on a new kind of tax watch list. The issue is not tuition. It is whether race-based programs can cost a school its 501(c)(3) status.

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