American Civil Liberties Union announcement Submitted on Tuesday Litigation against the Department of Defense school system for removing books referring to “racial and gender” from libraries.
Previously President Donald Trump signature Executive action The ban on diversity, equity and inclusion from the federal government has removed awakened gender ideology books from Department of Defense Educational Activities.
“The federal government cannot tell what military children’s education is or is not,” he said, “assuming the ACLU will become a source of support for military families’ school choices.”
The presidential lawsuit entitled “Radical Indoctrination from Kindergarten to High School” claims that the American school system is “indoctrinated.”[d]”Students have a fundamental, anti-American ideology while deliberately blocking parental surveillance.”
in FebruaryDOD distributes notes to parents of children within the school system, explaining that institutions are reevaluating library books that “may be related to topics of gender ideology or discriminatory equity ideology.”
The DOD and the Ministry of Education issued a joint statement earlier this month announcing the creation of a Title IX Special Investigation Team tasked with protecting students from the harmful effects of gender ideology in school programs and activities.
The ACLU lawsuit filed on behalf of dozens of students accused Dodea of violating the student’s initial right to amendment by deleting the material.
“Since January, their schools have systematically deleted books that the government accused of promoting “gender ideology” or “schizophrenia fairness ideology,” altered the curriculum and cancelled events,” the ACLU argued. “This includes material on slavery, Native American history, LGBTQ identity and history, and includes part of the curriculum for sexual harassment and abuse prevention, and advanced placement (AP) psychology.”
Natalie Torrey, a parent of three children at Dodea’s school, said Trump’s executive order “violates a child’s right to access information that prevents them from learning about their history, body and identity.”
“I have three daughters. They, like all my children, deserve access to books that reflect their life experiences and serve as a window into which they are exposed to more diversity,” she continued. “The administration has now created that redundancy at Dodea’s school.”
Neil McCrusky, director of the Cato Institute’s Educational Freedom Centre, responded to the lawsuit. Statement“I don’t think the federal government can tell you what there is or isn’t in the education of military children, as the ACLU now supports the choice of schools for military families.”
A Dodea spokesman said Associated Press The school system has not commented on the ongoing lawsuit.
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