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CEDAR RAPIDS — The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights threatened this week to withhold millions in funding from the Cedar Rapids Community School District unless it severed partnerships and disbanded initiatives aimed at promoting equity for students and staff of color.

The directive from the education department follows an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in January that aimed to end “radical indoctrination in K-12 schooling.” The order cites Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color or national origin.

The Cedar Rapids school district on Friday announced an end to its 30-year partnership with the Academy for S

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