Education Department opens investigation into Minnesota over student-targeting plan

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What we know

The Department of Education opened an investigation into Minnesota over a reported plan to expose young children to transgender-themed materials. The probe was prompted by concerns about the state targeting students.

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⚖ The Constitutional Angle

Meyer v. Nebraska recognized a parental due process right to direct a child's education. Mahmoud v. Taylor applied it directly: religious parents won a preliminary injunction when Montgomery County added LGBTQ+-inclusive storybooks to the elementary curriculum and removed opt-outs. Minnesota's plan poses the same question of whether young pupils face such materials absent parental choice.

Meyer v. Nebraska 262 U.S. 390 (1923)

Vote: 7-2

Nebraska's ban on teaching modern foreign languages to young pupils violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Mahmoud v. Taylor 606 U.S. 522 (2025)

Vote: 6-3

Religious parents challenging Montgomery County's introduction of LGBTQ+-inclusive storybooks into the elementary English curriculum — combined with its rescission of notice and opt-outs — are entitled to a preliminary injunction.

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