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MT: Judge hears arguments in lawsuit challenging Montana education savings accounts

by kids1stadvocac | Sep 2, 2025 | State

KXLF On Thursday, a state district judge in Helena heard arguments on whether a school choice program for students with disabilities violates the Montana Constitution. In 2023, the Montana Legislature passed and Gov. Greg Gianforte signed House Bill 393. The law...

Ed. Dept. Hasn’t complied with order to restore civil rights staff, judge says

by kids1stadvocac | Aug 19, 2025 | Federal

Education Week A federal judge said Wednesday the U.S. Department of Education has not meaningfully complied with his June order to reinstate hundreds of civil rights enforcement staff after layoffs greatly reduced their ranks. The statement by Judge Myong J. Joun, a...

Federal Judge Again Blocks the Dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education

by kids1stadvocac | Jul 1, 2025 | Federal

On June 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted a preliminary injunction to the plaintiffs in Victim Rights Law Center, et al. v. United States Department of Education, ordering that the Executive Branch Defendants cannot carry out...

Federal Judge Blocks the Dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education

by kids1stadvocac | May 27, 2025 | Federal

On May 22, 2025, the plaintiffs in the federal case New York v. McMahon won an important preliminary victory, in which the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted a preliminary injunction that blocks the sweeping changes recently ordered by...

Judge blocks Trump’s moves to gut Education Department

by kids1stadvocac | May 27, 2025 | Federal

Chalkbeat A federal judge on Thursday issued a preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order to shut down the U.S. Department of Education and said the agency must reinstate the employees who were fired as part of mass layoffs. After U.S....
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