Department of Education Dismantling
8 proceedings tracked · Active
President Trump signed an executive order directing the dissolution of the Department of Education, which Congress created by statute. Mass reductions-in-force targeted Department staff, and grants and contracts supporting educational research, Title I administration, and Head Start programs were frozen or cancelled. Plaintiffs, including states, school districts, and education advocacy organizations, argued the executive cannot abolish a cabinet department without congressional authorization and that the funding actions violated appropriations statutes.
Department of Education Dismantling
Case No. 1:25-cv-10601
Massachusetts district court challenge to the Education Department RIF and operational shutdown, seeking to block mass terminations of Department staff.
Department of Education Dismantling
Case No. 8:25-cv-00965
District of Maryland challenge before Judge Rubin targeting the Education Department dismantling and grant funding cancellations affecting Title I programs.
Department of Education Dismantling
Case No. 1:25-cv-10677
Companion Massachusetts proceeding challenging the statutory authority to dismantle the Department of Education through personnel actions rather than formal abolition.
Department of Education Dismantling
Case No. 1:25-cv-00999
D.D.C. challenge before Judge McFadden addressing the constitutional limits on executive agency dismantling and the appropriations-law consequences of the shutdown.
Department of Education Dismantling
Case No. 8:25-cv-01230
Maryland district court proceeding raising distinct statutory claims under the Economic Opportunity Act related to Head Start program cancellations.
Department of Education Dismantling
Case No. 1:25-cv-01266
D.D.C. suit challenging the cancellation of educational research contracts and grants as an impoundment of congressionally appropriated funds.
Department of Education Dismantling
Case No. 2:25-cv-00781
Challenge in a second circuit to the Education Department operational shutdowns, broadening the geographic scope of preliminary injunction relief.
Department of Education Dismantling
Case No. 1:25-cv-04641
Later-filed D.C. Circuit proceeding raising Job Corps statutory claims under the Economic Opportunity Act as a distinct prong of the education dismantling litigation.