Apr 10, 2025 | ARPA funded education-related programs | coalition of attorneys general | Covid-19 Pandemic | Education Funding | essential resources | K-12 students | Lawsuit | Trump Administration | U.S. Department of Education | DD-Education | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined a coalition of 15 other attorneys general and the Governor of Pennsylvania in suing the Trump Administration to restore states’ access to essential U.S. Department of Education programs that funding for services to address the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on K-12 students in New Jersey and across the country.
Mar 13, 2025 | “total shutdown” | Arizona | California | civil rights | college and university students | Colorado | Connecticut | court order | critical resources | Delaware | Discrimination | Executive Branch | families | financial aid | Hawaii | Higher Education | Illinois | K-12 | Lawsuit | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Nevada | New York | no legal authority | Oregon | personnel | quality education | resources | Rhode Island | rural communities | Sexual Assault | Students | teachers | the District of Columbia | Trump Administration | U.S. Department of Education | unconstitutional | Vermont | Washington | Wisconsin | DD-Education | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined a coalition of 20 other attorneys general in suing the Trump Administration to stop the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education.
May 31, 2024 | Amicus Brief | Attorneys General | California Attorney General Rob Bonta | Colorado | DCR | Delaware | Division of Law | Division on Civil Rights | Education | Hawaii | Illinois | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Multistate Coalition | New York | Oregon | Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry | Rhode Island | Sexual Discrimination | the District of Columbia | Title IX | Vermont | Washington | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | DD-CivilRights | DD-Education | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that, together with California and Pennsylvania, they have filed the first of several amicus briefs defending Title IX, the landmark law prohibiting sex-based discrimination in education, from yet another federal court challenge that threatens the rights of students in schools and colleges nationwide.
