Testimony of Nicole Neily, President of Parents Defending Education Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
“The Immediate and Long-Term Challenges Facing Public School Teachers: Low Pay, Teacher Shortages, and Underfunded Public Schools” Chairman Sanders, Ranking Member Cassidy, and distinguished members of the Committee on Health,…
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22 States and 9 Organizations File Amicus Briefs in Support of PDE’s Petition for Rehearing En Banc in Parents Defending Education v. Olentangy Local School District Board of Education
The First Amendment does not allow school officials to coerce students into expressing messages inconsistent with the students’ values…To the contrary, “the First Amendment stringently limits…
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Parents Defending Education Files Petition for Rehearing En Banc in Olentangy Local School District Lawsuit
“[P]ronouns matter.” Maj.Op.13. For males who identify as female, they hear she/her pronouns as “affirming” that they’re really female. Maj.Op.13. But for those who think “sex cannot be changed,” that…
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PDE Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in West Virginia v. B. P. J.
Congress overwhelmingly passed Title IX in 1972. See 118 Cong. Rec. 6,277 (Mar. 1, 1972) (Senate: 88-6); 118 Cong. Rec. 16,842 (May 11, 1972) (House: 275-125). Title IX’s core prohibition…
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Parents Defending Education Files Reply Brief in Support of Motion for Injunction Pending Appeal in Title IX Lawsuit
The Department’s Title IX rule is currently enjoined in all 26 States that challenged it. Why should it suddenly (and fully) go into force in only four of those States…
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Parents Defending Education Files Emergency Motion for Administrative Injunction in Title IX Lawsuit
The Department of Education’s sweeping regulation on Title IX will go into effect in less than 36 hours, on August 1, 2024. See 89 Fed. Reg. 33,474 (Apr. 29, 2024).
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PDE Files 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Amicus Brief in B.B. v. Capistrano Unified School District
The Supreme Court has long recognized that students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.” Tinker, 393 U.S. at 506. Yet…
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Parents Defending Education Files Petition for Initial Hearing En Banc in Croton-Harmon Union Free School District Lawsuit
Associational standing is good. Allowing associations to sue on their members’ behalf is “advantageous both to the individuals represented and to the judicial system as a whole.” UAW v. Brock,…
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PDE Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Parents Protecting Our Children v. Eau Claire Area School District
School districts across the United States have seized from parents the right to direct the upbringing of their children and handed this authority to teachers and school administrators. PDE has…
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