At least one county attorney’s office has pledged to work with the U.S. Department of Justice to monitor Arizona teachers and school staff for what it considers “radical indoctrination.”
LOOKOUT contacted 11 county attorneys across the state, asking whether they planned to enforce President Donald Trump’s executive order “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling.” The order threatens to strip federal funding from schools that teach “anti-American ideologies,” including LGBTQ+ issues.
It also repeats misinformation that schools are encouraging the “mutilation” of children, a reference to life-saving gender-affirming health care. Medical organizations widely support such care as beneficial, but Republicans have continued to push the false narrative that it harms children.