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Fuller v. Warren County Educational Service Center

1:21-cv-00451 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: July 2, 2021

Closed Date: March 29, 2023

This case challenges an elementary school’s policy (the “challenged policy”) banning its paraprofessionals from wearing clothing or face masks on which social or political messages were printed. Those messages include “Black Lives Matter,” “I Can't Breathe,” “Unapologetically Black,” and “Down With Racism.”  On July 2, 2021, three African-American paraprofessionals at the Laura Farrell Elementary School filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court Southern District of Ohio Western Div…
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. United States of America

8:25-cv-00965 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research this case.) On March 24, 2025, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), several education organizations, and several parents of minor students with specialized educational needs filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. They named the United States of America, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Secretary of Education as Defendants. They challenged the Trump administrati…
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Somerville Public Schools v. Trump

1:25-cv-10677 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On March 24, 2025, several school districts and labor organizations filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. They named President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Secretary of Education as Defendants. They challenged the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle and eliminate the Department of Education, including a reduction of force and Trump's March 20, 2025 Exec…
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Coleman v. U.S. Department of Education

4:25-cv-10812 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: March 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) This is a pro se lawsuit filed on March 24, 2025 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the U.S. Department of Justice. The Plaintiff was a Black woman who filed on behalf of herself and her advocacy and staffing firm dedicated to helping Black students secure internships and professional positions in the legal profession. The Plaintiff challenged Executive Orders 14151 and 14173 and the February …
EDUCATION
American Federation of Teachers v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-00628 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 25, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the legality of the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights’ February 14, 2025 Dear Colleague Letter that advised educational institutions receiving federal funding to, among other things, stop teaching about systemic racism and race-related topics and ban all programming that supports Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). Otherwise, they risked being deemed, or reported as, non-compliant and losing federal funding. (To see the Clearinghouse's collection of le…
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Wyoming Education Association v. State of Wyoming

2022-CV-0200788 | Wyoming state trial court

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) In 2022, the Wyoming Education Association filed this lawsuit against the state of Wyoming in the District Court of the First Judicial District in the County of Laramie, Wyoming. Several Wyoming school districts later joined as intervening Plaintiffs. The Plaintiffs alleged that the state of Wyoming's funding of education violated Wyoming's constitution because it did notmaintain a cost-based funding system and failed to properly adjust t…
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Morgan v. McMahon

1:25-cv-00416 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: March 19, 2025

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On March 19, 2025, an individual plaintiff with federal student loans filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. She named the U.S. Department of Education and its Secretary as Defendants. The Plaintiff challenged Defendants' shutting down of access to all income-driven repayment plans, which tied a borrower's monthly payment of their federal student loan to their income. The Plaintiff allege…
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Slusser v. Mountain West Conference

1:24-cv-03155 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Nov. 13, 2024

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On November 13, 2024, twelve student-athletes on the women's volleyball team at San Jose State University (SJSU) filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. They named the Mountain West Conference and its Commissioner, the Board of Trustees of the California State University, and various officials at SJSU. They alleged that Defendants violated their rights under Title IX, the Equal Protection Claus…
EDUCATION
American Federation of Teachers v. U.S. Department of Education

1:25-cv-00802 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 18, 2025

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the U.S. Department of Education’s decision to shut down access to all income-driven repayment (IDR) plans, leaving millions of student loan borrowers without affordable repayment options. On March 18, 2025, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the U.S. Department of Education. Represented by public interest legal counsel, AFT sought an injunction compelling the Department to re…
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American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education v. Carter

1:25-cv-00702 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenges the Department of Education’s termination of $600 million in federal funding to teacher preparation programs in reliance on President Trump’s Executive Order 14151, “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing.” On March 3, 2025 The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, the National Center for Teacher Residencies, and the Maryland Association of Colleges for Teacher Education filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court f…