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Anti-DEI Enforcement Takes Shape: DOJ and States Apply New Vision of Civil Rights

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At the beginning of the second Trump administration, the President and Attorney General Pam Bondi indicated they would use the levers of government to end DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) policies and programs. The...more

Law Matters

On Securing a Preliminary Injunction in a Pro Bono Case Protecting Student Civil Rights – Q&A with Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes

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Q&A with Reid Skibell and Jon Friedman, partners at Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes, after the firm obtained a preliminary injunction in a pro bono lawsuit brought on behalf of Victim Rights Law Center and two students and their...more

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Supreme Court: Stop Holding Disabled Students to a Higher Bar

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Must a student with a disability prove that their school acted in “bad faith” to win a discrimination case? Until now, courts in some parts of the country said yes, requiring disabled students to meet a higher standard than...more

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New Civil Rights Fraud Initiative Puts More Pressure on Higher Ed and K-12 Schools Receiving Federal Funding: What to Do in...

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Federal officials on Monday launched a new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative aimed at schools receiving federal funding, the next step in the Trump administration’s aggressive enforcement posture against transgender rights, DEI,...more

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Executive Order Seeks Reform of Higher Education Accreditors’ Processes

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On April 23, 2025, the White House issued an executive order directing the Secretary of Education to investigate and hold accountable accreditors of institutions of higher education that engage in unlawful discriminatory...more

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Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of April 7 - 11, 2025

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U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Bilotti v. Fla DOC - postconviction relief - DeMarcus v. Univ of S Ala - Title IX, § 1983, volleyball coach, mistreatment - Joseph v. Bd of Regents Univ Ga - en banc denial,...more

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Crackdown on Antisemitism in Education is Not Just Limited to Students

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Real World Impact: In light of recent government actions directed at ensuring educational institutions protect their faculty and staff, as well as students, from antisemitism, such employers should ensure they are familiar...more

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Executive Order to Close the Department of Education: What It Means for Your School

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On March 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order (“EO”) titled “Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities,” directing the Secretary of Education to undertake all...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Student Rights in a Post-Department of Education Era: What Families Should Expect Moving Forward

We save futures – and despite the uncertainty associated with President Trump’s decision to dismantle the Department of Education – our commitments remain the same. The better question, however, is how attorneys who represent...more

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Will My School Face Investigation? Feds Announce Race-Based Investigations Into 52 Higher Education Institutions

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A federal civil rights agency just announced that it will be investigating more than 50 higher ed institutions to determine whether they violated federal law by making race-based decisions in their graduate and scholarship...more

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So You’re Concerned About Losing Federal Funding: 3 Things Schools Should Do Right Now

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Many K-12 and institutes of higher education are concerned about the potential threat to their federal funding given recent changes to the way the government is interpreting existing federal law to achieve certain policy...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

District Court Dismisses a Parent’s Associational Discrimination Claim Against a School District

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Alex Le Pape, a student at Lower Merion School District (“District”) since 2006, was diagnosed with autism as a child and identifies as a non-speaker. In tenth grade, Alex began communicating using the “spelling to...more

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Court Limits Title IX / Civil Rights Claims Against Participating Districts in Technology Centers

B.W. v. Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County, 2024 W.L. 4300718 (M.D. Pa. 2024). On various claims arising from alleged abuse of former students, Federal District Court denies summary judgment for career technology...more

TNG Consulting

ATIXA’s Brief Guide to Best Practices for Addressing Fondling Allegations Under Title IX

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If you are a Title IX administrator, investigator, or decision-maker, you’ve no doubt found the federal regulatory definition of the Fondling offense to be vexatious, to say the least. It’s an attempt by the Department of...more

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Education Department Kicks Off New Era of Title VI Discrimination Enforcement: What Your School Must Know + 5 Steps to Take Now

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Starting today, the U.S. Department of Education will crack down on “overt and covert racial discrimination” in educational institutions receiving federal funding, according to a February 14 “Dear Colleague” letter issued by...more

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Department of Education’s February 14 Dear Colleague Letter on Title VI and Equal Protection: Overview, Open Issues, and...

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INTRODUCTION - On February 14, 2025, the Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (the “Assistant Secretary”) at the United States Department of Education (the “Department”) circulated a Dear Colleague Letter (the “DCL”)...more

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Supreme Court to Hear Case on Legal Standard for Cases Brought by Students with Disabilities

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The Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari on January 17, 2025, in A.J.T. by and through A.T. v. Osseo Area Schools, Indep. Sch. Dist. No. 279, 96 F.4th 1058 (8th Cir. 2024), cert. granted sub nom. A.J.T. v....more

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The U.S. Department of Education Issues Dear Colleague Letter: Clarifies Guidelines for Title VI Compliance

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On Feb. 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights issued a “Dear Colleague” Letter providing compliance guidelines to educational institutions receiving federal funding and subject to Title VI of the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Ban on Transgender Women From Female Sports Is Challenged in Court

On February 5, 2025, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14201, “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” which aims to prohibit transgender women and girls from participating in female sports across all educational...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

U.S. Department of Education Confirms It Will Enforce 2020 Title IX Rule and Regulations Following District Court Ruling and...

On January 9, 2025, a federal district court vacated a set of Title IX regulations and—at least for now—resolved the question of whether Title IX protects students from discrimination on the basis of gender identity and...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

President Trump Signs Executive Order, “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports”

On Feb. 5, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order, “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.” The Executive Order states that “[i]n recent years, many educational institutions and athletic associations have allowed men to...more

Saul Ewing LLP

President Trump’s Executive Order on “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” – Overview, Open...

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OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION - On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity”, EO 14173....more

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New Executive Order Aims to End “Radical Indoctrination” in K-12 Schools

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In his first two weeks in office, President Donald Trump has issued several executive orders affecting educational institutions. One order, signed Jan. 29, 2025, “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling,” targets...more

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Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling (Trump EO Tracker)

Summary - Enforce the law to ensure that recipients of Federal funds providing K-12 education comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination in various contexts and protecting parental rights. All relevant...more

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Office For Civil Rights Vindicates Our Client; Finds Private University Violated His Title Ix Right To A Fair And Unbiased...

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The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently published a Letter and Resolution Agreement vindicating a male student we represented in a complaint against Notre Dame. As set forth in the published...more

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