School districts in New York City, Chicago and Fairfax County, Va., will be stripped of more than $24 million in federal funding for magnet schools next fiscal year after failing to meet a Trump administration deadline to address potential civil rights violations.

Education Department Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor had warned New York City Public Schools Chairperson Gregory Faulkner; Chicago Board of Education President Sean Harden; and Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Michelle Reid last week that if their school districts did not come into to compliance with federal law by Tuesday, the Trump administration would not certify their multi-million dollar Magnet School Assistance Program (MSAP) grants.

Since they missed the deadline, Trainor will n

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