PRESS RELEASE: ACLU and NEA Sue U.S. Department of Education Over Unlawful Attack on Educational Equity
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 5, 2025 CONCORD, N.H. – Today, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of New Hampshire, the ACLU of Massachusetts, the National Education Association (NEA), and the National Education Association–New Hampshire, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in New Hampshire, against the U.S. Department of Education (ED). The lawsuit challenges the Department of Education’s Feb. 14, 2025, Dear Colleague Letter, which threatens federal funding cuts for education institutions nationwide for engaging in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts; and a 14-day window before “appropriate measures” would be taken. The lawsuit argues that ED has overstepped its legal authority by: […]
