Trump Administration Folds On DEI Lawsuit Appeal

Trump letter banning DEI in schools is dead after legal appeal is dropped

After a lawsuit and a defeat in court, however, the Trump administration says it is dropping the matter entirely.

In big win for school kids, Trump Education Dept. drops DEI ban

WASHINGTON—In what many are considering a big win for the nation’s school kids, and for teachers’ freedom to teach honest history, the GOP Trump administration’s Education Department dropped its attempt to ban diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) teaching in U.S. public schools.

Trump Administration Folds On DEI Lawsuit Appeal

A year after threatening to cut funding for any school that implemented DEI policies, the federal government has withdrawn its appeal of an August decision that blocked the administration’s policy declarations

Trump administration abandons anti-DEI court battle, but ‘damage has already been done’

This article first appeared in EdSource. The Trump administration has abandoned the legal defense of its campaign to strip federal funding from schools and colleges that promote diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The administration formally dropped its appeal Wednesday in a filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, leaving in place an August ruling from U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher in Maryland. A coalitio…

Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colleges. The Education Department, in a court filing Wednesday, moved to dismiss its appeal. It leaves in place a federal judge’s August decision finding that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment and federal procedural rules. Th…