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Federal Judge in NH Blocks Law Aimed at Restricting DEI Programs in NH Schools
The temporary block prevents funding cuts to schools with diversity, equity, and inclusion programs while legal challenges assess the state's authority to enforce the law.
- On Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Landya B. McCafferty temporarily blocked a New Hampshire law stripping funding from public schools that continue DEI initiatives, pausing enforcement until September 18.
- Republican lawmakers inserted the anti-DEI provision into the New Hampshire state budget earlier this year, inspired by President Donald Trump's executive order limiting DEI programs, with plaintiffs saying lawmakers doubled down on prior efforts.
- Four plaintiff districts and major education groups sued last month, covering Oyster River, Dover, Somersworth, Grantham districts, NEA-NH, and associated schools, exempting them from reporting DEI by Friday.
- McCafferty noted the state could not demonstrate authority to withhold funding and cited the law's "crippling penalties," calling the temporary restraining order an extraordinary remedy warranted here.
- The extended timeline gives U.S. District Court Judge Landya B. McCafferty time to weigh broader constitutional challenges, marking her second block of anti-DEI efforts in six months; Gilles Bissonnette hopes she rules by the new deadline.
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Calling the penalties ‘massive,’ federal judge temporarily halts state’s new anti-DEI law for some schools - The Boston Globe
Republicans immediately used the ruling in a fundraising appeal asking for contributions “to help us stop this partisan judicial overreach."
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