A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration's orders that threatened to cut off government funds To public schools with Differences, balance and plans to include.
The decision came in a case brought by the National Association of Education and the American Freedom Community, which condemned the Republican administration for issuing a “open constitutional” guidance and violating the rights of the first teachers' amendment.
The second judge in Maryland on Thursday postponed the full date of the US Department of Education, and the third judge in Washington, DC, blocked another clause from starting.
In February, the department told schools and colleges they need to complete any exercises that distinguish people according to their race. Earlier this month, it ordered states to collect signatures from local school systems to prove compliance with civil rights laws, as well as the rejection of what the federal government calls “illegal dei.”
The orders do not provide the power of the law but threaten to use the implementation of civil rights to remove dei schools. Schools were warned that continuing such practices “violating federal laws” could result in the allegations of the US law department and aThe termination of federal aid and treaties.
US district court judge Landya McCafferty in New Hampshire said the April letter does not make it clear that the department believes the Dei plan is about or when it believes such plans cross the line to violate civil rights laws. “The letter does not specify what the 'Dei' program is,” McCafferty wrote.
The judge also said there was a reason to believe departmental actions were obtained by violation of the free rights of teachers' speech.
“The professor runs a letter of 2025 if he expresses opinion in his teaching that structural discrimination is in America, but it does not do so if he denies the existence of structural discrimination. That is a written opinion,” McCafferty wrote.
A spokesman for the education department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Nations were given until the end of Thursday to submit proofs to follow their schools, but some have indicated that they will not follow the order. Education officials in some democratic states have said the administration isto pass his authorityAnd that there is nothing illegal about Dei.
Memo 14 in February from the department, known as the “beloved” letter, said schools had continued Dei's efforts at the expense of White and Asian students in America. It greatly expands the interpretation of the 2023 Supreme Court's decision to prevent the use of race in the enrollment of universities for all aspects of education, including, recruitment, promotion, studies, housing, graduation ceremonies and university life.
In a decision in Maryland, American district judge Stephanie Gallagher postponed the memo. He discovered it was misrepresented and forced teachers to choose between “injured through suppressing their speech or by enforcing the exercise of implementing their constitutional rights.” The case was brought by the American Federation of Teachers, one of the national unions.
“The court agreed that this vague and unconstitutional need is a major attack on students, our profession, the history of trust and knowledge itself,” Randi Weingarten, the president of the aft said in a statement.
Judge in Washington, DC, issued a preliminary order against the letter of confirmation after the NAACP said it failed to recognize the specific Dei practices that would run the law.
All three cases say that the guide is hindering academic freedom and is less vague leaving schools and teachers on the ground about what they can do, as voluntary student groups for a few students are still allowed.
The April orders asked states to collect the confirmation form from local school districts and also to sign on behalf of the government, and to bail that schools follow the head of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
President Donald Trump's Education Secretary, Linda McMahon, has warned of a reduction in funding if the provinces do not return the form by Friday.
In Tuesday's interview at The fox The business network, McMahon said that refusing to sign could “endanger the problem in their districts.” The purpose of the form is to “make sure that no exception occurs in any school,” he said.
Schools and states are already needed to provide assurance for such an effect on different paperwork, but the new form adds to the language in Dei, warning that using discriminatory differences may result in reduced funding, fines and other penalties.
The form threatens school access to the 1st title, the largest source of federal revenue for K-12 education and the way of living for schools in low-income areas.
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