Information regarding Federal Executive Orders and potential Federal funding cuts
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- 09 Mar, 2025
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Information regarding Federal Executive Orders and potential Federal funding cuts
The PSA has set up this page as a repository for information that may impact NJIT and/or Higher Education as a whole. The scope of Federal Executive orders in this regard is quite expansive, so we will be deliberate on what we place on this page. Please check back regularly for updates.
The PSA urges you to contact your local, state and national elected representatives to oppose anything that harms our ability to conduct our jobs including potential funding cuts, interferes with our Academic Freedom or attacks the core values that we hold at NJIT. You can find your congressional representative by using this link https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member.
March 13, 2025 – The New Jersey Attorney General joined a coalition of 20 other Attorneys General to “stop the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education“. In announcing the legal action, Attorney General Platkin writes “…the coalition today filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the targeted destruction of this critical federal agency that ensures tens of millions of students receive a quality education and critical resources.” The lawsuit can be found at this link.
March 5, 2025 – Guidance from State Attorneys General regarding the February 14, 2025 “Dear Colleague” letter and the February 28, 2025 FAQ issued by the US Education Department (USED). This letter provides information on what the relevant laws are, states that these USED letters do not change the law, provides support for what can be interpreted as curricular and classroom instructional freedom, and concludes with a promise by the States’ Attorneys General to uphold the civil rights protections that are lawfully permitted to each of us. On March 6, 2025, the State of New Jersey Department of Higher Education provided notification of the guidelines to NJ-AFT and other groups.
March 3, 2025 – The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) of New Jersey has put together an estimate of the potential loss of funding should potential cuts to the Department of Education be enacted. Please see this flyer for a summary.
February 10, 2025 – Injunction filed by the Attorneys General of various states including New Jersey to block the reduction of NIH indirect costs to 15%.