The Hispanic Education Coalition (HEC) unites 25 organizations dedicated to improving educational opportunities for the nearly 50 million Latinos living in the United States and Puerto Rico. Co-chaired by MALDEF and the Migrant Legal Action Program, the HEC focuses upon federal legislative issues relating to education including the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, the Head Start Act, the Higher Education Act, adequate federal funding for education, and the educational concerns of English Language Learners. In each of these areas, the HEC strives to ensure that dialogue at the federal level regarding education issues reflects the education priorities of the Latino community.
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MALDEF STATEMENT ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S ROLLBACK OF FEDERAL POLICY GUIDANCE ON CAMPUS DIVERSITY
LOS ANGELES – The federal government announced today that it has rescinded policy guidance issued by the Obama administration to foster diversity in elementary and secondary schools and on college campuses. Please attribute the following statement to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund):
MALDEF STATEMENT ON EDUCATION SECRETARY’S ATTEMPT TO ROLL BACK REMARKS ON REPORTING STUDENTS TO ICE
MALDEF STATEMENT ON EDUCATION SECRETARY’S CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY ON ICE ENFORCEMENT AT SCHOOLS
MALDEF STATEMENT ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S POTENTIAL PLAN TO TARGET AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS
Los Angeles, CA – Please attribute the following statement on reports that the Department of Justice is planning to investigate college and university affirmative action admissions policies to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund):
MALDEF STATEMENT ON ATTEMPT BY U.S. IMMIGRATION AGENT TO QUESTION STUDENT AT NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL
MALDEF STATEMENT ON TRUMP’S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S ROLE IN EDUCATION POLICY
MALDEF STATEMENT OPPOSING CONFIRMATION OF DEVOS AS EDUCATION SECRETARY
MALDEF APPLAUDS TEXAS BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR REJECTING OFFENSIVE TEXTBOOK
MALDEF ENDORSES CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 58, URGES “YES” VOTE
MALDEF SUPPORTS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT REGULATIONS TO ENSURE SCHOOL FUNDING GETS TO STUDENTS IT IS SUPPOSED TO SUPPORT
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 Secondary Education Act of 1965, reauthorized in December 2015 as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
MALDEF/ LATINOJUSTICE PRLDEF STATEMENTS ON U.S. SUPREME COURT AFFIRMATION OF RACE-CONSCIOUS ADMISSIONS PROGRAMS
WASHINGTON, DC – This morning, the Supreme Court affirmed the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Fisher v. University of Texas, and held that that the University of Texas at Austin’s race-conscious admission program is lawful under the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution. Late last year, MALDEF and LatinoJustice PRLDEF filed an amicus brief on behalf of over 20 national Latino advocacy groups supporting the race-conscious admissions program. Statements from MALDEF and LatinoJustice PRLDEF in reaction to today’s decision are below.