August 15, 2025
Judge blocks Trump's threats to defund schools over DEI programs
Courts protect civil rights education from political attacks
📜Constitutional Law✊Civil Rights🎓Education
Federal Judge Stephanie Gallagher blocked Trump administration threats to cut funding from schools with diversity programs
Over 10 million college students receive federal financial aid that was threatened by DEI funding cuts
The ruling found Education Department funding threats violated First Amendment free speech and Administrative Procedure Act requirements
Universities can now discuss systemic racism and maintain diversity programs without losing federal research grants
Federal funding cannot be weaponized to force ideological compliance from educational institutions
The court protected academic freedom from presidential funding blackmail and partisan political interference
📜Constitutional Law✊Civil Rights🎓Education
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Which U.S. District Judge in the District of Maryland struck down the Trump administration"s threats to defund educational institutions that maintained diversity, equity, and inclusion programs?
Q2
According to the National Center for Education Statistics’ Common Core of Data (CCD), Digest of Education Statistics 2024, Table 203.20, how many regular public school districts were operating in the United States during the 2023–24 school year? Has AASA, The School Superintendents Association, published the percentage of those districts reporting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in its 2024 survey?
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Which federal judge in New Hampshire issued the preliminary injunction on April 24, 2025, blocking the Trump administration’s directive threatening to cut federal funding to schools maintaining diversity, equity, and inclusion programs?
Q4
What share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in the school districts most at risk of losing federal DEI funding under the Trump administration’s threats?
Q5
How many college students receive federal financial aid that could have been threatened?
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