Monday 6 June 2022 07:01 PM DeSantis says Biden is 'trying to deny school lunch programs' to states without ... trends now
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Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Sunday said President Joe Biden is 'off his rocker' after critics claimed the White House is trying to take federal school lunch dollars away from districts that don't adopt LGBTQI-friendly policies.
'We're prepared for what Biden throws our way,' DeSantis said during a press conference on his newly-passed state budget. 'Yes, part of it's the inflation and the gas.'
'Part of it are intentionally destructive policies' as well, 'like trying to deny school lunch programs for states that don't do transgender ideology in the schools.'
Biden's Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced early last month that it would crack down on federal food dollars going to state and local governments that are not in line with the White House's anti-LGBTQI discrimination policy.
Specifically, entities that get money from the federal government's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) - which includes public schools - will have to update their policies to specifically ban discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation.
They're also required to investigate allegations of such discrimination.
It came after more than a dozen states passed laws targeting transgender youth, such as requiring students to use bathrooms and participate on sports teams that are in line with their assigned gender
