Advocacy Letters

Rosenwald Schools Monument Support Letter (Dec 2024)

Support School Integration in FY25 Appropriations Requests (May 2024)

Requests for FY2024 Appropriations Bill (March 2023)

Education Requests for FY2023 Appropriations Bill (May 2022)

Comments on Proposed Amendments to the Civil Rights Data Collection (Feb 2022)

Retaining the Fostering Diverse Schools Program in the FY2022 Budget (Jan 2022)

Letter in Support of Strength in Diversity Act (Jan 2022)

NCSD Recommendations for FY2023 ED Budget (Dec 2021)

Comments re: Secretary’s Priorities for Discretionary Grants Programs (July 2021)

Response to ED’s Request for Information on School Discipline (July 2021)

Support Integrated, Inclusive Learning Environments in the FY22 Spending Bill (April 2021)

NCSD letters to House and Senate appropriators on anti-integration riders (May 2018)
- Related materials here

NCSD letter to Senate on anti-integration riders (November 2017)
- Related letter from School Superintendents Association (AASA)

Comment letter on Secretary DeVos’ proposed supplemental priorities for competitive grant programs (November 2017)
- Related comments submitted by NEA (November 2017)

NCSD Response to Department of Education regulatory review notice (September 2017)

Letter to New York State Regents: School Diversity in NY State ESSA Plan (May 2017)

NCSD letter to Secretary DeVos regarding release of Opening Doors school diversity funds (March 2017)

Comments on the Civil Rights Data Collection (February 2017)

NCSD Summary of “Stronger Together School Diversity Act of 2016” (August 2016)

NCSD comments on ESSA State Plan and Accountability proposed regulations (August 2016)

NEA letter supporting supplemental school diversity priority (July 2016)

Comments on Proposed Rule for Equity/Desegregation Assistance Centers (April 2016)

Comments on Socioeconomic Diversity as a School Turnaround Strategy (April 2016)

Related Comments: Comments of Magnet Schools of America expressing opposition to the Department’s proposal to consolidate the Equity Centers

NCSD Comments on Socioeconomic Diversity as a School Turnaround Strategy (April 2016)

Related Comments: Comments of National Educational Association in support of socioeconomic diversity in the SIG program (April 2016)

Letter to House Appropriations Committee in support of “Stronger Together” school integration funding proposal (April 2016)

Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee in support of “Stronger Together” school integration funding proposal (April 2016)

NCSD Letter of Support for Maryland Education Development Collaborative (March 2016)

NCSD Comments on Implementing Programs under Title I of the Every Student Succeeds Act (January 2016)

Letter to House Appropriations Committee urging restoration of Magnet Schools Assistance Program Funding (November 2015)

Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee urging restoration of Magnet Schools Assistance Program Funding (November 2015)

Comments on proposed Investing in Innovation priority for Comprehensive High School Reform (April 2015)

Letter to Congress on draft ESEA Reauthorization bill (February 2015)

NCSD comments on Dept of Education “Proposed Priorities…for Charter Schools Program Grants to State Educational Agencies” (January 2015)

Addressing racial and economic isolation and school diversity in the ESEA Waiver Renewal Guidance (October 2014)

Proposal for a Whole-School Magnet Reform Strategy in the School Improvement Grants program (October 2014)

Comments on proposed revision of school diversity priority for discretionary grants (July 2014)

Data Collection Concerns w/Comm. Eligibility Option (March 2014)

Letter to DOE on civil rights data loss in the free & reduced price lunch program (March 2014)

Comments on “Competition to Build and Develop and Expand High-quality Preschool Programs” (February 2014)

Comments on priorities for “Charter Schools Program Grants for National Leadership Activities” (January 2014)

Comments on the DOE Draft 2014-2018 Strategic Plan (October 2013)

Comments on proposed Investing in Innovation Fund guidelines (January 2013)

Comments on proposed Race to the Top District Guidelines (June 2012)

Comments from UNC Center for Civil Rights on proposed Race to the Top District Guidelines (June 2012)

Comments on NYC Charter Enrollment Rules (May 2012)

Comments on DOE 2011-2014 Strategic Plan (January 2012)

NSCD Statement on School Boundary Changes in Eden Prairie, Minnesota (November 3, 2011) Press release

Letter in support of Title VI complaint challenging Wake County dismantling of school integration program (June 2011)

Accountability Principles for ESEA Reauthorization: A Joint Statement of Civil Rights Leaders (April 2011)

Comments on the Proposed Investing in Innovation Fund Priorities (February 2011)

Comments on Investing in Innovation Fund Priorities (November 2009)

Comments on Proposed Race to the Top Priorities (August 2009)

MEMBER ORGANIZATION ADVOCACY LETTERS

PRRAC letter challenging proposed student assignment plans in Loudoun County Virginia (March 2016)

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 ORGANIZATION AMICUS BRIEFS

Amicus Brief in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin (PRRAC, August 2012)