New York state officials have told the Trump administration that they will not comply with its demands to end diversity, equity and inclusion practices in public schools, despite the administration’s threats to terminate federal education funding.

New York’s stance differed from the muted and deferential responses from other major institutions to the administration’s threats.

The Trump administration today threatened to withhold federal funding from public schools unless state education officials verify the termination of diversity programs that it seems unfair, the New York Times reported.