Health and social policy

Executive Order 13969: Expanding Educational Opportunity Through School Choice

President: Donald J. Trump

Directed HHS to allow eligible Community Services Block Grant funds to support emergency learning scholarships for disadvantaged children without in-person schooling, consistent with law.

Status: In effect. Sources: Executive Order 13969 signed text · Iowa CSBG Policy and Procedures Manual, January 2026, section 1552 · Federal Register executive order disposition table.

Is Executive Order 13969 still in effect? Yes. The December 28, 2020 order remains unrevoked and has no sunset. Its direction concerns lawful CSBG support for disadvantaged children without in-person learning; Iowa’s January 2026 CSBG manual still cites Executive Order 13969 for emergency learning scholarships, without establishing nationwide implementation.

What does Executive Order 13969 do?

EO 13969 directed agencies to identify lawful ways to support school-choice and education options.

Later primary evidence reviewed September 24, 2026: Iowa's 2026 Community Services Block Grant manual says funds may support emergency learning scholarships and cites this order and federal CSBG guidance; this documents a state program rule, not nationwide use or outcomes. Official source. The cited steps do not establish every downstream effect.

Administration position: Any policy rationale or projected benefit in the order is the administration’s position. This index record does not treat those claims as independently established facts.
SignedDecember 28, 2020
IssuerPresident Donald J. Trump
TermFirst presidential term

Before and after

Before the order

Education assistance and school-choice programs operated under existing law and agency rules.

After the order

Iowa's 2026 Community Services Block Grant manual says funds may support emergency learning scholarships and cites this order and federal CSBG guidance; this documents a state program rule, not nationwide use or outcomes.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
PresidentSigned and issued the orderDecember 28, 2020
Named agencies and officialsCarry out directions specified in the orderAccording to the primary text

What happened next

Executive Order 13969 signed.

Later primary evidence reviewed: Iowa's 2026 Community Services Block Grant manual says funds may support emergency learning scholarships and cites this order and federal CSBG guidance; this documents a state program rule, not nationwide use or outcomes.