Treasury, IRS Move to End Tax-Exempt Status for Discriminatory Practices in Private Schools

WASHINGTON – 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.