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Case Background and Precedent Religious freedom-based challenges to educational policies and actions have gained significant traction in recent years. Cases like Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, 597 US 507 (2022), concerning a football coach’s r...

As public school districts continue to navigate the relationship between local policies and federal government policy initiatives, they have a new topic to consider arising out of an April 24, 2025, Executive Order—Reinstating Common Sense School Dis...

On April 3, 2025, the United States Department of Education (DOE) announced its intention to require state education agencies (SEAs) and school districts to certify that they are in compliance with Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the Suprem...

On Friday, February 14, 2025, the United States Department of Education (DOE) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) setting out its interpretation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discriminatio...

On February 5, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) entitled Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports. This EO expresses strong disapproval of policies allowing transgender girls and women to participate on girls’ and women’s athletic teams....

On January 29, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (“Order”) entitled “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling.” The Order asserts that “schools indoctrinate children in radical, anti-American ideologies while deliberately blockin...