Hours before the deadline for states to certify that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs have ended in public schools, a federal court halted the Trump administration’s requirement, siding with the National Education Association teachers’ union.
The U.S. District Court in New Hampshire granted the preliminary injunction on April 24 ahead of the 5 p.m. deadline that state education departments were given to provide signed statements affirming that their districts have canceled DEI practices such as diversity training, preferential hiring by race and gender, and classroom instruction promoting ideologies such as critical race theory.
