President Donald Trump is pushing to expand school choice across the country with a new executive order this week. Friday, he met with lawmakers and governors at the White House for a roundtable about school choice.

The White House also announced that Trump signed an executive order aimed at “ending radical indoctrination in K-12 schooling.”

The White House has no authority over curriculum, and no ability to unilaterally pull back federal dollars, but Trump is toeing the line.

Trump signed orders Wednesday to punish schools for teaching about race and gender, promote school choice, and facilitate deportation for some campus protesters.

(Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed executive orders to promote parental choice in school selection and end federal funding for curricula that he called the "indoctrination" of students in "anti-American" ideologies on race and gender.

The orders seek to encourage “patriotic education” and restrict discussions about racism and gender by threatening to withdraw federal funding.

Officials at the California Department of Education are standing defiant in response to the threat President Donald Trump may try to strongarm states into changing school curricula. The order in question seeks to punish schools for lessons that involve race,

Education policy is set by the state Board of Regents, who are chosen by the State Legislature. Under law, local school boards have great latitude in what is taught in schools.