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Court case opens in Rhode Island
The National Education Association sued the United States Department of Education in Rhode Island federal court over canceled grants for teachers serving English-language learners through training support programs.
The complaint challenges 28 cancellations, saying the decision removed support from programs built around educator certification, classroom guidance, and multilingual student needs in affected public schools and districts.
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Labor and legal groups join forces
The National Education Association filed the case with the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Lawyers’ Committee for Rhode Island as legal partners in this federal grant challenge.
Laureen Avery, an ExcEL Educators Leadership Academy leader, appears as a plaintiff, while the lawsuit names her personally rather than the nonprofit itself in court filings for this case.
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Plaintiffs question the department rationale
Plaintiffs claim recipients lost funding because officials viewed their programs as connected to diversity, equity, and inclusion work rather than judging actual performance in continuation decisions for awards…