Despite continued acts of violence in schools, record-breaking instances of gun violence, and an increase cyberattacks, the Trump administration has disbanded the Federal School Safety Clearinghouse External Advisory Board. Ironically, during President Donald Trump’s first administration an interagency effort established the Federal School Safety Clearinghouse, a public website that offers…
On January 31, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) released a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) directing school districts and colleges to follow the 2020 Title IX rule for investigating sex discrimination in schools, closing the chapter on a Biden administration rule that faced much legal turmoil. The letter from…
On January 29, 2025, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) rescinded an order freezing federal grants after the administration’s move to halt spending earlier this week provoked a backlash. An OMB memo distributed to federal agencies states that OMB memorandum M-25-13 “is rescinded.” That order, issued Monday (1/27/25), instructed federal agencies…
On January 29, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at finding ways to cut federal funding to schools that teach certain topics related to race, sex, gender or politics. The order calls for the incoming secretary of Education to "provide a strategy to the President" to end…
On January 28, 2025, a U.S. District judge paused the U.S. Government’s temporary freeze on federal funding just minutes before it was set to take effect at 5 p.m. that day. The Washington, D.C. judge blocked the Trump administration’s directive for one week. The legal challenge came from a coalition…
A January 27, 2025 memo issued by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) serves as a Q&A document to shed light on the impacts regarding the pause in federal funding. While this is a developing situation, the clicking on this attachment will help provide clarification that Medicaid is…
On January 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) announced that it is eliminating its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, a move tied to President Donald Trump’s directives to purge DEI from the federal government. The USDE said it has “removed or archived” hundreds of outward-facing documents, including…
In a January 24, 2025 statement, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) rescinded all guidance that said school districts could violate civil rights law by implementing book bans. The statement said that removing “age-inappropriate” books from schools is a decision that should be made by parents…
Education associations and immigration advocacy groups have been evaluating what a January 21st U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) directive that lifted the practice of avoiding immigration enforcement at locations where students gather would actually mean to schools. In a message posted to its website on Jan. 21, The School…
On the day of his inauguration, President Donald Trump signed several executive orders to eliminate efforts to provide protections for LGBTQ+ students and increase educational access for Hispanic, Native American, and Black students. In one executive order, Trump directed the U.S. government to only recognize two sexes — male and…
