Trump administration drops appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges

"a welcome relief and a meaningful win for public education."

"Today's dismissal confirms what the data shows: government attorneys are having an increasingly difficult time defending the lawlessness of the president and his cabinet," said Skye Perryman, the group's president and CEO."

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The Education Department moved to dismiss its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked an anti-DEI campaign tied to federal funding for schools and colleges. The dismissal leaves in place an August decision finding that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment and federal procedural rules. The dispute centered on federal guidance warning institutions they would lose federal money for maintaining practices labeled as diversity, equity, and inclusion. The department did not immediately comment. Democracy Forward, representing the plaintiffs, called the dismissal a welcome relief and a meaningful win for public education.

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