Red State School District Slapped With Complaint To Trump Admin Alleging Unlawful Dei Practices

FIRST ON FOX: A pro-Trump ineligible nonprofit is asking for nan U.S. Department of Education to analyse an Ohio schoolhouse territory that nan group says is pushing an "unlawful" DEI schedule and violating national anti-discrimination law. 

The title from America First Legal alleges that nan Upper Arlington School District successful Columbus, Ohio has implemented DEI policies making love backmost to 2020 and cites worldly from the district’s ain website. 

"In June 2020, during nan tallness of nan Black Lives Matter riots, nan Upper Arlington School Board, for illustration galore different acquisition institutions and corporations successful our country, caved to Black Lives Matter demands and began to instrumentality racist and discriminatory DEI policies successful nan District," nan title alleges. 

"The District added a Chief Talent Officer ("CTO") to "foster workforce diversity. Upper Arlington besides added an Equity Advisory Board, which intends to ‘provide invaluable penetration and feedback connected nan recruitment of a divers staff.’ The School District besides created a caller position, nan Chief Excellence and Engagement Officer, who was tasked pinch ‘spearhead[ing] Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts.’"

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The Upper Arlington School District is facing a ineligible title complete its DEI policies (Getty)

The title alleges that DEI defense continued successful nan years aft 2020 and quoted a territory study that said "[t]here is simply a request for a clear imagination for DEI initiatives [and] defense for LGBTQIA+ students" while referring "those who oppos[e] DEI efforts" arsenic "negative voices."

A "Comprehensive Equity Report" from nan territory "contains "discriminatory and forbidden recommendations", according to nan complaint. 

The title makes nan lawsuit that nan DEI practices wrong nan territory are not successful statement pinch existent Education Department rules and guidelines and suggests that national backing to nan schoolhouse could beryllium successful jeopardy.

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"When our nation’s schools discriminate based connected title and sex, and embed divisive group and intersexual ideologies into their curriculum, it not only violates nan law, but it besides warps our children’s education," Jacob Meckler, America First Legal Counsel, told Fox News Digital successful a statement. "The Department of Education should analyse nan Upper Arlington School District and, if appropriate, terminate national payer funding."

Fox News Digital reached retired to nan schoolhouse territory and Department of Education for comment. 

Upper Arlington School District has been successful basking h2o complete DEI practices successful nan past when  video surfaced successful 2023 showing territory officials discussing really they tin push captious title mentation covertly, Fox News Digital previously reported. 

"There's much than 1 measurement to tegument a cat," Matthew Boaz, nan executive head of diversity, equity and inclusion of Upper Arlington Schools, said. "You tin walk a measure that you can't thatch CRT successful a classroom, but if you didn't screen programming, aliases you didn't screen extracurricular activities aliases thing for illustration that, that connection mightiness still get out. Oops."

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The Upper Arlington School District successful Ohio is facing disapproval complete its DEI policies (Getty Images/iStock)

In a connection to Fox News Digital Superintendent Hunt said, "On April 30, Upper Arlington Schools received a transcript of a missive sent to nan United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights by an lawyer penning connected behalf of nan defense group America First Legal.  The missive accuses nan territory of ‘illegal DEI policies,’ but fails to place immoderate circumstantial practices aliases policies that are really successful spot successful nan district."

"We return immoderate concerns of favoritism earnestly and we will continue, arsenic always, successful our committedness to our ngo of challenging and supporting each student, each measurement of nan way, to our imagination that each student is prepared to serve, lead, and succeed, and to our values - commencement pinch heart, spot successful team, and contagious drive.  Our caller Excellence & Innovation 2030 Strategic Plan is rooted successful these commitments, and we will stay focused connected providing our students pinch nan precocious value acquisition acquisition that our organization expects."

Hunt added that "we will surely cooperate fully" if an investigation is opened.

A Dept. of Education spokesperson told Fox News Digital that nan section "doesn't corroborate complaints."

Earlier this year, nan Department of Education issued a letter informing nationalist schools crossed nan state that they must region diversity, equity and inclusion policies aliases consequence losing national funding. 

"Institutions that neglect to comply pinch national civilian authorities rule may, accordant pinch applicable law, look imaginable nonaccomplishment of national funding," Craig Trainor, acting adjunct caput for civilian authorities successful nan Department of Education, said successful nan letter.

The missive said nan "overt and covert group favoritism that has go wide successful this Nation's acquisition institutions" will nary longer beryllium tolerated.

Fox News Digital's Landon Mion contributed to this report