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A program that trains teachers to support students with disabilities has been hit with the cancellation of $10.5 million in federal grant money from the U.S. Department of Education, the Press Democrat reported. The grant for Partnerships for Effective Practices in Transition and Inclusion — a program run through the Napa County Office of Education on behalf of the state’s Department of Education — began in 2023 and was supposed to last five years. But officials have said that the program went against “the priorities of the current administration.” “It’s very unfortunate. (This was) excellent work all around the state,” Napa County Superintendent of Schools Joshua Schultz said at last week’s board meeting, according to the Press Democrat. “It was canceled explicitly because there was language addressing our work around DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) in the application, which of course was a priority of the funding at the time we applied over three years ago.” More than 100 educators across the state had benefited from the program, according to the Press Democrat.