President Donald Trump took decisive action Friday, signing an executive order that blocks federal funding for schools and universities still requiring students to get COVID-19 vaccinations. The move aims to put an end to lingering mandates that remain in place despite widespread opposition.
The order instructs the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education to develop a plan to remove funding from institutions that force students to comply with vaccine requirements. Schools found to be in violation will be cut off from federal grants.
Trump just defunded any school that still has a COVID jab requirement. I voted for this.
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) February 14, 2025
Though most schools dropped their mandates as the Biden administration faded into history, a few private colleges continue enforcing the policy, particularly for students living on campus. As of December 2024, 15 universities were still requiring COVID-19 vaccinations, according to No College Mandates.
Remember when Biden threatened that if you don’t get the covid vaccine you will die??
Trump just stripped funding from schools if they mandate the vaccine.
Thank you President Trump! This is what we voted for! pic.twitter.com/UzyKPKl73X
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) February 14, 2025
Trump’s decision follows his previous executive order targeting vaccine mandates in the military, which had led to the dismissal of service members. That order declared such mandates unfair and opened the door for reinstating those who had been discharged.
Trump has fired a warning shot to Big Pharma says Dr Naomi Wolf with his ban on funding schools that mandate the covid vaccine.
Schools were given millions of dollars to ‘traffic the kids bodies essentially for Pharma’.
That all stops now.
Not to mention restoring parental… pic.twitter.com/kVt1cccDQ7
— Kat A 🌸 (@SaiKate108) February 15, 2025
Democrats have predictably opposed the move, with Sen. Patty Murray arguing that schools should have control over their policies. However, Trump has remained firm in his stance, stating that no school enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate should receive federal dollars.
This latest action continues Trump’s efforts to dismantle government overreach and restore personal freedom, ensuring that vaccine mandates are no longer a tool for coercion.
