The List Is In: Moms for Liberty Names Schools in Closely Watched Title IX Court Battle
The highly anticipated list of schools attended by children of members of Moms for Liberty, one of several plaintiffs that filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block the U.S. Department of Education's new Title IX regulations, was released on July 26, 2024. It includes many Pennsylvania schools.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas issued an injunction on July 2, 2024, preventing the Department of Education from enforcing its new Title IX regulations against the plaintiffs in the case, which included Moms for Liberty, the Young America's Foundation and Female Athletes United, and their members. In the court’s order, the three organizations were directed to identify the schools that their members or members’ children attend.
On July 15, 2024, an initial list was released that included the schools attended by the members of the Young America’s Foundation, Female Athletes United, and only the schools of the four individual children of Moms for Liberty members who were plaintiffs in the case. Moms for Liberty then asked to submit a list of counties in which their members reside rather than schools. The court rejected that request and gave the group until July 26, 2024 to submit its list of schools, which was filed on Friday.
The names of Pennsylvania schools included on the lists filed on July 15 and July 26 can be accessed at this link. While these lists reflect the current schools impacted by the injunction, it is important to note the court has ruled that prospective members of the groups are also included in the injunction. That means the plaintiffs have the ability to supplement the list moving forward.