Second teachers union sues U.S. Education Department over letter barring DEI practices

https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/03/05/repub/second-teachers-union-sues-u-s-education-department-over-letter-barring-dei-practices/

By: Shauneen Miranda - March 5, 2025 4:23 pm

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Education Department faces yet another lawsuit over its sweeping Dear Colleague letter threatening to rescind federal funds for schools that use race-conscious practices across aspects of student life.

The National Education Association — the country’s largest labor union — along with the American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. NEA’s New Hampshire affiliate, the ACLU of New Hampshire and the ACLU of Massachusetts are also part of the lawsuit.

The lawsuit follows shortly after the American Federation of Teachers — one of the largest teachers unions in the country — filed a complaint last week alongside its affiliate, AFT-Maryland, and the American Sociological Association over the letter.
Funding threat

The legal action surrounds the Feb. 14 letter that Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor sent to schools, which left institutions across the country scrambling to figure out what exactly fell within the requirements.

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