10/15/2026
The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have issued proposed regulations to end federal tax-exempt status for private schools that engage in racial discrimination, delivering on President Trump's Executive Orders ending discrimination and restoring merit-based opportunity.
“Under President Trump, this Administration is standing up for America’s students by ensuring racial discrimination has no place in American education,” said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. “Schools rebranding race-based preferences as equitable, inclusive, or diversity-enhancing does not change their discriminatory nature. Today’s 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 federal tax-exempt status.”
“Private educational institutions that promote discriminatory practices will no longer be afforded the benefits of federal tax-exempt status,” said IRS Chief Executive Officer Frank J. Bisignano. “Today’s proposed regulations put institutions on notice and schools that continue to engage in racial discrimination should expect to lose that status.”