2025

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• AHA–OAH Statement on Executive Order "Ending Radical Indoctrination in K–12 Schooling"
  This joint statement from the American Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians calls out the "politicization of history grounded in ahistorical thinking" mandated by Executive Order 14190. More than 30 other organizations have signed on to the statement.
• Dear Colleague Letter
  This letter, sent to the departments of education in all 50 states, summarizes the Trump administration's position on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). While the letter does not carry the force of law, it states that any institutions of higher education who do not comply with the administration's interpretation of existing nondiscrimination requirements may lose federal funding.
• Executive Order 14151 - Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing
  This executive order by President Donald Trump directs the Office of Management and Budget to terminate all mandates, policies, programs, preferences, and activities relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. It also requires federal agencies to report a list of all employees in DEI positions within 60 days. As a result, these employees were terminated.
• Executive Order 14160 - Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship
  This executive order by President Donald Trump aims to end birthright citizenship if a mother is in the United States illegally or the mother is in the U.S. temporarily and the father is not a citizen.
• Executive Order 14168 - Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government
  This executive order by President Donald Trump narrowly defines sex and gender in a way inconsistent with biology, prohibits gender self-identification on federal documents, ends funding for gender-affirming care, and restricts transgender people from being imprisoned in facilities consistent with their gender identity.
• Executive Order 14173 - Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity
  This executive order by President Donald Trump takes aim at diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility initiatives in private institutions, especially institutions of higher education receiving federal funding. It also revokes several longstanding executive orders related to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action.
• Executive Order 14190 - Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling
  This executive order by President Donald Trump directs the U.S. Department of Education and other federal agencies to end funding and support for "illegal and discriminatory treatment and indoctrination" in K-12 schools, including based on "gender ideology" and "discriminatory equity ideology." It also calls for the reestablishment of the President’s Advisory 1776 Commission "to promote patriotic education."
• Proclamation 10948 - Enhancing National Security By Addressing Risks At Harvard University
  This presidential proclamation claims that because of an increase of criminal activity at Harvard University, and a failure of the University to comply with federal directives, international student visas will be revoked.
• Proclamation 10949 - Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats
  A presidential proclamation that reinstates the muslim travel ban from Donald Trump's first presidency.
• Re: DEI Programs Are Lawful Under Federal Civil Rights Laws and Supreme Court Precedent
  This memorandum from law professors across the United States explains how diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives are legally defensible, in spite of the January 21, 2025, Executive Order titled "Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity."
• Re: February 14, 2025 Dear Colleague Letter issued by the United States Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights
  In this letter from the Montana University System, the Chief Legal Counsel responds to the Dear Colleague letter, describing its compliance with the guidance from the Dear Colleague Letter. It calls attention to Montana's work with tribal governments to increase the recruitment and retention of tribal students, noting that the Supreme Court has recognized distinctions based on tribal enrollment as political not racial classification.