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AI Summary: This is a policy document - specifically an Executive Order issued by the President regarding school discipline policies. This regulation aims to address what the document describes as problematic school discipline guidelines that it argues have been based on "discriminatory equity ideology". The order requires the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Attorney General, to issue new guidance to local and state educational agencies about school discipline within 30 days. Key actions include preventing racial discrimination in discipline, analyzing past Title VI discipline investigations, assessing the role of non-profit organizations in discipline policies, and developing model school discipline policies that protect student safety without promoting what the order characterizes as discriminatory practices. The order mandates several specific actions with deadlines, including a comprehensive report to be submitted within 120 days that will inventory discipline-related investigations since 2009 and recommend approaches to school discipline. The regulation explicitly rejects previous federal guidance that it claims incentivized schools to avoid disciplining students to prevent racial disparity statistics, arguing that such approaches compromised classroom safety and student achievement.