Last week, COPAA signed with forty organizations in a letter to state and local leaders expressing “deep disagreement” with Executive Orders (EO) 14280 and 14281 which were issued by the White House. Citing multiple federal statutes as well as case law, the Education Civil Rights Alliance (ECRA), as convened by the National Center for Youth Law (NCYL), the advocates told state and local school leaders that the EOs “will erode civil rights protections for students if implemented” and urged them “to continue to root out disparities and foster equity in schools, in compliance with current civil rights laws and in order to ensure equal educational opportunities for all.”