Mass. school districts, unions sue President Trump over Education Dept. dismantling
MassLive.com ^
Posted on 03/24/2025 2:46:24 PM PDT by matt04
Massachusetts unions and school districts are challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education in a lawsuit filed on Monday.
The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts by Democracy Forward, claims the administration is acting unlawfully and will have a drastic impact on students.
Plaintiffs include Easthampton and Somerville public school districts, the American Federation of Teachers, the American Association of University Professors, the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees Council 93 and the Service Employees International Union.
“Protecting access to public education is an important component of ensuring all children have the opportunity to succeed — a value most Americans hold dear and one that is crucial to our democracy. For nearly 50 years, the federal government has helped us ensure equal access, especially for those who have had access restricted throughout history — including low-income students in rural and urban areas, students with disabilities and students learning English,” Jessica Tang, president of the American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts, said in a statement.
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Madi Biedermann, deputy assistant secretary for communications at the U.S. Department of Education said in a statement to MassLive that the litigation is wasting the department’s resources.
“Instead of focusing on the facts and offering helpful solutions to improve student outcomes, the union is once again misleading the American public to keep their stranglehold on the American education bureaucracy. The union is also forcing the Department to waste resources on litigation instead of the programs the union claims to care about and the kids this Administration is fighting for,” Biedermann said.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: democracyforward; domesticenemies; education; massachusetts; saltytears; teacherunions; trump; unions
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1 posted on 03/24/2025 2:46:24 PM PDT by matt04
To: matt04
They don’t have any “standing”.
2 posted on 03/24/2025 2:47:03 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Bureaucratic District "Judges" are the greatest threat to America and Americans.)
To: matt04
“Instead of focusing on the facts and offering helpful solutions to improve student outcomes, the union is once again misleading the American public to keep their stranglehold on the American education bureaucracy. The union is also forcing the Department to waste resources on litigation instead of the programs the union claims to care about and the kids this Administration is fighting for,” Biedermann said.
BINGO! You get huge amounts of cash but have atrocious results to show for it.
3 posted on 03/24/2025 2:47:28 PM PDT by matt04 ( )
To: matt04
4 posted on 03/24/2025 2:49:06 PM PDT by ComputerGuy ( )
To: matt04
We need legal reform, for many, many reasons. I have almost no faith in our system as it currently exists.
To: matt04
6 posted on 03/24/2025 2:50:21 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: FlingWingFlyer
7 posted on 03/24/2025 2:50:40 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: matt04
First in student costs? 40th in results?
To: matt04
If they could prove any benefit from the DoE, they’d have a better case.
But they can’t.
Too bad, so sad.
9 posted on 03/24/2025 2:51:50 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
To: matt04
Don’t like it? Secede to Canada (you’ll be reabsorbed into the Union soon enough along with the other provinces).
To: matt04
11 posted on 03/24/2025 2:53:40 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: Vendome
No. They wouldn’t let me in law school because my parents were married.
12 posted on 03/24/2025 2:58:00 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Bureaucratic District "Judges" are the greatest threat to America and Americans.)
To: FlingWingFlyer
They don’t have any “standing”.
That only gets used against Republicans who have had elections stolen from them.
13 posted on 03/24/2025 3:01:43 PM PDT by gibsonguy
To: matt04
Well...they are demonsrating their worthlessness and failure at math (and taxes). Their results over 40 years SHOULD BANKRUPT them.
14 posted on 03/24/2025 3:04:59 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Democracy to Democrats is stealing other peoples money for their use, no matter how idiotic)
To: matt04
Lawfare lawsuit number .... ad nauseam.
15 posted on 03/24/2025 3:05:12 PM PDT by gloryblaze
To: matt04
Look what’s coming outta “Messachusetts” now...
16 posted on 03/24/2025 3:12:30 PM PDT by EinNYC
To: matt04
Dismantling Dept of Education is another Trump best. Thank you! Hope he does the same with Dept of Energy. Their role in the past hasn’t measured up.
17 posted on 03/24/2025 3:19:42 PM PDT by gildafarrell (You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.)
To: matt04
And what standing would the Union have for this suit with the court?
Honestly this stuff is getting ridiculous.
18 posted on 03/24/2025 3:22:30 PM PDT by HamiltonJay (Ho)
To: FlingWingFlyer
Exactly... what possible standing could this Teachers Union have in this?
19 posted on 03/24/2025 3:22:56 PM PDT by HamiltonJay (Ho)
To: All
Guess who the board chairman is for Democracy Forward (NGO lawsuit filer)? Marc E. Elias. Surprise!!!
20 posted on 03/24/2025 3:23:23 PM PDT by Kolb (Compone Accomoda Supera)
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