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News Nov 19, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: New DFI Report Shows Despite Cratering Public Support, Teacher Unions Fight to Keep DEI and Gender Ideology Alive
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Teacher Unions, Title IX and Equal Protection
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CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT: Supplemental Title IX Complaint Against Fairfax County Public Schools
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Nov 7, 2025
PODCAST: | “Freedom to Learn:” What Happens When States and Districts Proudly Violate Federal Laws?
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Federal Oversight, K-12 Education
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CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT: Title IX Complaint Against Carroll County Public Schools
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Oct 31, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Files Civil Rights Complaint Against Maryland School District for Policy Requiring Boys and Girls to Share Locker Rooms in Violation of Title IX
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
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CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT: American University’s Violations of Title IX in Carrying out a Grievance Process for Allegations of Sexual Harassment
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
Oversight
FOIA REQUEST: Records Concerning South Colonie Central School District’s Policies and Practices Concerning Gender Identity
South Colonie Central School District
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
Oversight
FOIA REQUEST: Records Concerning Topeka Public Schools’ Policies and Practices Concerning Gender Identity
Topeka Public Schools
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
Oversight
FOIA REQUEST: Records Concerning Shawnee Mission School District’s Policies and Practices Concerning Gender Identity
Shawnee Mission School District
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
Oversight
FOIA REQUEST: Records Concerning Olathe Public Schools’ Policies and Practices Concerning Gender Identity
Olathe Public Schools
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
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VIDEO: Highlights from DFI’s 2025 Education Law & Policy Conference
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Education Freedom, Federal Oversight, Foreign Influence in Higher Education, K-12 Education, Post Secondary Education, Student Loans, Teacher Unions, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Sep 24, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Fairfax County Public Schools for Authorizing a Boy to Repeatedly Use the Girls’ Locker Room
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Title IX and Equal Protection
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CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT: Title IX Complaint Against Fairfax County Public Schools
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Sep 22, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief Defending Women’s Sports
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
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AMICUS BRIEF: West Virginia v. BPJ and Little v. Hecox
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
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PUBLIC COMMENT: U.S. Department of Education’s Proposed Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collection
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Aug 27, 2025
Washington Examiner | Op-Ed: Supreme Court rules: Individual rights trump bureaucratic efficiency
Civil and Constitutional Rights
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AMICUS BRIEF: Hellman v. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Education Freedom, Teacher Unions
News Jun 24, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Kansas Attorney General Calls on Department of Education to Investigate DFI’s Title IX Complaint Against Several School Districts in the State
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Title IX and Equal Protection
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CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT: “Gender Identity” Policies and Practices of Shawnee Mission Public Schools USD 512; Olathe Public Schools USD 233; Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools USD 500; and Topeka Public Schools USD 501 in Violation of Title IX and FERPA
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Title IX and Equal Protection
Oversight
FOIA REQUEST: Records Regarding the California Department of Education’s Policies and Practices Concerning Compliance with Title IX
California Department of Education
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
Oversight
FOIA REQUEST: Records Regarding the Illinois State Board of Education’s Policies and Practices Concerning Compliance with Title IX
Illinois State Board of Education
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
News May 29, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against NY School District as Male Student Switches Gender Identity Throughout the Day and Uses Girls’ Locker Room, Bathrooms
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
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CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT: Supplemental Title IX Complaint Against South Colonie Central School District, New York
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection

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