Comments Opposing Proposed Rule Rescinding EAC Program Regulations (Southern Education Foundation, July 2026)
Comments on Proposed Regulations for Federal Financial Assistance (LDF and LatinoJustice PRLDEF, July 2026)
Comments on Proposed Supplemental Priority and Definitions on Promoting Patriotic Education (EdTrust, October 2025)
NCSD signed on to two letters in May 2025:

One opposing the inclusion of funding for private school vouchers in the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Act, led by the National Coalition for Public Education (NCPE).

Given that such a program was included in the budget reconciliation bill that passed the House, we also signed onto a second letter opposing any effort to authorize or create a national private school voucher program, led by the Advancement Project. We were joined by several NCSD members and partners, including: Brown’s Promise, IDRA, Integrated Schools, NYU Metropolitan Center, Legal Defense Fund, Public Advocacy for Kids, Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, and North Carolina Justice Center.
Letter supporting supplemental school diversity priority (NEA, July 2016)
Magnet Schools of America Comments: Opposition to ED's proposal to consolidate the Equity Centers (April 2016)
Philip Tegeler, Gina Chirichigno, and Michael Hilton weigh in on proposed changes in Loudoun County's elementary school student assignment boundaries.
PRRAC comments on proposed Head Start performance standards (August 2015)
Sheff Movement request to Connecticut education commissioner re: consultation requirements for ESEA waiver requests (Sheff Movement, November 2014)
Evaluation of EPA’s Final School Siting Guidelines (PRRAC, September 2012)
“Federal Education Policy Should Promote Diversity” (UCLA Civil Rights Project, April 2011)
Comments on EPA’s School Siting Guidelines (PRRAC, February 2011)
Letter on Charter School Authorizer Survey (Leadership Conference, January 2011)
Memo from Professor Gary Orfield to Assistant Secretaries Russlyn Ali and Carmel Martin Re: “The Basic Importance of Magnet Schools and the Need for Federal Support” (August 2009)

Member & Partner Advocacy Letters

Amicus Briefs in School Diversity and Educational Justice Cases

Brown’s Promise, a recently-launched organization working at the intersections of school finance and school integration, filed an amicus brief in Bradford v. Maryland State Board of Education, a school funding case spanning 30 years. Legal Defense Fund and ACLU of Maryland help represent the plaintiffs.
NCSD joined an amicus brief with the ACLU, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law (among others), in support of the Fairfax County School Board's appeal to the Fourth Circuit in Coalition for T.J. v. Fairfax County School Board.
NCSD joined an amicus brief with the ACLU Foundation, ACLU of Massachusetts, and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence Corp. v. School Committee.
BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES: Frank C. Newman Int’l Human Rights Clinic University of San Francisco School of Law, Poverty & Race Research Action Council The Advocates for Human Rights University of Minnesota Human Rights Center University of San Francisco Center for Law and Global Justice