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September 4, 2026 · Education Department / Civil rights data / Gender identity / Federal records

Education Department’s 2023–24 civil-rights data release suppresses gender-identity and nonbinary fields

CONFIRMED DATA-RELEASE CHANGE — 2023–24 CRDC RELEASE OMITTED OR SUPPRESSED GENDER-IDENTITY/NONBINARY FIELDS; EFFECT ON ENFORCEMENT AND RESEARCH IS A POLICY CONSEQUENCE, NOT A SEPARATE FACTUAL FINDING

The Education Department released its 2023–24 Civil Rights Data Collection, a nationwide school civil-rights dataset. An Associated Press analysis found that fields tied to nonbinary students, gender-identity harassment and related district policies were replaced with a suppression code citing compliance with a Trump executive order defining sex as male or female. The Department’s own CRDC materials confirm that the collection is a mandatory nationwide civil-rights dataset and that the 2023–24 survey had required a nonbinary category for some data elements.

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August 28, 2026 · Immigration / First Amendment / student visas

Federal judge rules against Trump administration use of immigration provisions targeting pro-Palestinian student speech

FEDERAL COURT RULING — JUDGE HELD USE OF VISA REVOCATION/DEPORTATION PROVISIONS AGAINST PROTECTED SPEECH UNCONSTITUTIONAL

U.S. District Judge Noël Wise ruled on August 28 in Stanford Daily Publishing Corporation v. Rubio that the federal government violated the First and Fifth Amendments when it used or threatened immigration enforcement against lawfully present noncitizens because of protected political speech. The ruling arose from a challenge by The Stanford Daily and two noncitizen students. It is a district-court judgment and remains subject to post-judgment proceedings and appeal.

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