In a June 12, 2025 opinion in A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools, Independent School Dist. No. 279, the U.S. Supreme Court (Court) undid a decision by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that required students with disabilities to meet a higher legal standard compared to disability cases outside of…
According to K-12 Dive, on June 6, 2025 the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) asked the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) for an immediate pause on a court order that the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) reinstate nearly 1,400 employees fired during a mass workforce reduction in March. The DOJ’s appeal…
On June 4, 2025. the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration’s motion for a stay in a lawsuit challenging the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education (USDE), effectively halting efforts to reduce the agency’s workforce and transfer some education responsibilities to other federal departments until the…
As per a May 22, 2025 ruling by a federal judge, the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) is temporarily barred from carrying out an executive order to shut down the agency and must reinstate employees who were fired as part of a mass reduction in force in March. A preliminary…
According to a May 6, 2025 order issued by a New York federal judge the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) must allow the temporary extension of federal COVID-19 emergency funds to flow to 16 states and the District of Columbia (DC). The preliminary injunction states that USDE is prohibited from…
According to K-12 Dive, on May 8, 2025 the end of E-rate eligibility for Wi-Fi hotspots came one step closer as the Senate voted 50-38 along party lines to overturn a 2024 expansion of the program overseen by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). A similar House resolution was introduced in…
In March 2025, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the National Center for Youth Law and the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates filed suit on behalf of the students and parents in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in March. The lawsuit asked for a permanent reversal…
On May 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture agreed to stop freezing funds to Maine in a court order issued Friday, marking one of the state’s first legal victories in its months-long Title IX feud with the Trump administration over their conflicting policies for transgender student-athletes. The reinstated funds…
An April 28, 2025 lawsuit filed on behalf of an Oregon-based Latinx organization and faith groups from other states cites ICE activity at two Los Angeles elementary schools last month, as well as parents’ fears of sending their children to school in other locations across the country. Plaintiffs also included…
In a lawsuit filed on April 25, 2025 in U.S. District Court of the District of Massachusetts, the attorneys general of 19 states contend that the US Department of Education (USDE) is placing “onerous” and “excruciatingly difficult” demands on states with an April directive that requires states and school districts…
