Testimony of Nicole Neily, President of Parents Defending Education Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce
“The State of American Education” Chairman Walberg, Ranking Member Scott, and distinguished members of the Committee: thank you for inviting me today. My name is Nicole Neily, and I’m the…
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Defending Education Files Joint Lawsuit Against Colorado State Over New “Anti-Discrimination” Law
On May 19, 2025, Defending Education, Colorado Parent Advocacy Network, Protect Kids Colorado, Do No Harm, and Dr. Travis Morrell brought a complaint against Defendants, various Colorado state officials, under…
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Defending Education ET AL., v. Sullivan ET AL.
Colorado State Governor Jared Polis signed HB 25-1312 into law, establishing a new “anti-discrimination” policy that abridges the fundamental free speech rights of Colorado citizens. On May 19,…
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Defending Education Files En Banc Petition in Croton-Harmon Union Free School District Lawsuit
RULE 40 STATEMENT This circuit—and only this circuit—holds that 42 U.S.C. §1983 bans associational standing. In other words, membership associations cannot sue on behalf of their members when…
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Defending Education Files Amicus Brief in Littlejohn V. School Board of Leon County, Florida, ET AL.
Defending Education is a national, nonprofit membership association. Its members include many parents with school-aged children. Launched in 2021, it uses advocacy, disclosure, and litigation to combat the increasing politicization…
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PDE Files Complaint Against the U.S. Department of Education to Compel Compliance with Ignored FOIAs
PDE’s president, Nicole Neily, submitted five FOIA requests to the Department on behalf of PDE from July 2022 through February 2024. The requests were all straightforward and limited in time…
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PDE Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Tahmer Mahmoud, ET AL., v. Thomas W. Taylor, ET AL.
Parents Defending Education is a national, nonprofit, grassroots association. Its members include many parents with school-aged children. Launched in 2021, it uses advocacy, disclosure, and litigation to combat the increasing…
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Parents Defending Education Files Reply Brief in En Banc in Olentangy Local School District Lawsuit
Though Olentangy wants to do right by the law and its students, its pronoun policies do wrong by both. Olentangy invokes Title IX. OSD-Br. (Doc.204-1) 18. But the regulation that…
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PDE Files 6th Circuit Court of Appeals Amicus Brief in B.A. v. Tri County Area Schools
Public schools in the United States are supposed to be “the nurseries of democracy” and to “protect the ‘marketplace of ideas.’” Mahanoy Area Sch. Dist. v. B.L. ex rel. Levy,…
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