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District notes federal DOE pause on DEI certification request; considers resolution seeking full IDEA funding
Summary
District staff updated the board on an April U.S. Department of Education request for state certification on anti-discrimination/DEI matters; an injunction paused enforcement through April 24. Staff also presented a proposed resolution urging Congress to fund IDEA at promised levels (40% of average per-pupil special-education cost).
During the legislative committee update, district staff summarized a rapidly evolving federal development: the U.S. Department of Education had requested that states certify compliance with a February Dear Colleague-style directive concerning curriculum and civil-rights enforcement. The district reported that the request went to states rather than to individual school districts and that, as of the afternoon before the meeting, an injunction (and an Education Department stay)…
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