"The motion to dismiss was jointly approved by both parties in the case Wednesday, ending a nearly yearlong court battle over the department's Feb. 14 Dear Colleague letter that declared race-based programming and policies illegal. If institutions didn't comply within two weeks, department officials threatened to open investigations and rescind federal funding."
"In response, colleges closed offices related to diversity, equity and inclusion; scrubbed websites; and cut other programming. First Amendment advocacy groups and the DEI leaders who remain in higher ed declared it a major victory for public education. Democracy Forward, the legal group that represented educators in the case, went as far as to say that it marks the "final defeat" of Trump's effort to censor lessons and scrub student support programs."
"Skye Perryman, president of Democracy Forward, said it should encourage those affected by the Trump administration's "unlawful crusade against civil rights" to keep fighting back. "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," she said in a news release about the court filing. "When people show up and resist, they win.""
Education Secretary Linda McMahon and her legal team dropped their appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked the department from requiring colleges to eradicate race-based curriculum, financial aid and student services or lose federal funding. The motion to dismiss was jointly approved by both parties, ending a nearly yearlong court battle sparked by a Feb. 14 Dear Colleague letter that declared race-based programming illegal and threatened investigations and funding rescissions if institutions failed to comply within two weeks. Colleges closed DEI offices, scrubbed websites and cut programming. Democracy Forward, which represented educators, called the outcome a decisive defeat of efforts to censor lessons and remove student support programs.
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