On February 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) opened Title IX investigations into a middle and high school athletics association and two universities that it says have allowed transgender women and girls to participate on teams corresponding with their gender identity. The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic…
On February 5, 2025 President Donald Trump signed an executive order barring transgender girls and women from participating on sports teams that align with their gender identity, a move that has drawn condemnation from LGBTQ+ advocates and praise from conservatives. The order says the federal government will rescind all funds…
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On January 29, 2025, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) rescinded an order freezing federal grants after the administration’s move to halt spending earlier this week provoked a backlash. An OMB memo distributed to federal agencies states that OMB memorandum M-25-13 “is rescinded.”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…
The U.S. Supreme Court (Court) has agreed to hear a case that questions whether students filing disability discrimination claims must prove that public school officials acted with discriminatory intent through “bad faith or gross misjudgment.” In A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools, a Minnesota student, Ava, and her parents are challenging…
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…
According to a newly released analysis by the Center for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE), the number of special education due process complaints filed nationally rose by 16.4% from SY 2021-22 to the 2022-23 school year. However, the 65.6% of the special education legal actions in 2022-23 came…
