Sep 2, 2016 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Education
WASHINGTON, DC – MALDEF supports the U.S. Department of Education's proposed regulation on school funding, released yesterday. The regulation would implement a school finance provision known as “supplement not supplant” in the Elementary and...
Sep 1, 2016 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases
BROWNSVILLE, TX – A federal judge in Texas today left in place a stay on a prior order requiring that the personal information of some 50,000 immigrant youth be handed over to the court. U.S. District Court Judge Andrew S. Hanen in Texas v. United States left...
Aug 31, 2016 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
BERWYN, IL – A third-grade teacher who punished her students for speaking Spanish in her classroom has been reassigned just days after MALDEF contacted school officials about the incident. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) wrote to...
Aug 25, 2016 | News Releases, Redistricting, Voting Rights
HOUSTON, TX – A federal judge today ruled that a lawsuit challenging changes to the City of Pasadena's voting system will head to trial. U.S. District Court Judge Lee H. Rosenthal's decision comes nearly two years after MALDEF first sued Pasadena on behalf of...
Aug 12, 2016 | News Releases, Voting Rights
VICTORVILLE, CA – Today, MALDEF sent a letter to the Board President and Superintendent of the Victor Valley Union High School District (“Victor Valley UHSD”), demanding that the system for electing members to the Board of Trustees be changed to...
