Chicago Lawyers’ Committee Joins Education Civil Rights Alliance in Opposing EOs 14280 & 14281

“On April 23, 2025, President Trump issued two executive orders that will erode civil rights protections for students if implemented. The orders target the use of a legal tool that has been used to protect marginalized groups from discrimination and threaten the work of school districts that have made progress in creating safer and more welcoming schools for all students. The National Center for Youth Law and the undersigned 40 members of the Education Civil Rights Alliance write to express our deep disagreement with these executive orders. We urge state and local education leaders to continue current programs and practices that ensure all students have access to equal educational opportunities and comply with existing federal and state civil rights laws.”

Read the full letter we signed on to alongside the National Center for Youth Law and 40 other members of the Education Civil Rights Alliance.