Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander, a member of the Litigation and Rapid Response Task Force, helped file an amicus brief challenging the Trump Administration’s efforts to close the Department of Education in the matter of the State of New York v. Linda McMahon. A case in which 20 states moved to sue the Administration for its plans to place fifty percent of the Department’s workforce on administrative leave, effectively shuttering a congressionally authorized agency. The full brief is available HERE.
This week, Goodlander, a fierce advocate for New Hampshire’s public schools, met with NEA-NH president Megan Tuttle and discussed the urgent need to protect and defend New Hampshire’s public schools amid the Trump Administration’s attack on public education, including the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education. Just today, a federal judge in New Hampshire limited the Trump Administration’s ability to withhold federal funds from public schools that have certain diversity and equity initiatives in a case brought by NEA and ACLU affiliates in NH.
“Public education is the lifeblood and ultimate safeguard of American democracy. There is no higher purpose for federal funding than supporting New Hampshire’s students and teachers,” said Congresswoman Goodlander. “I am proud to advocate for New Hampshire’s public schools and to bring the voices and priorities of our students, teachers, and administrators to Congress. I will never give up the fight to protect the federal programs that New Hampshire students rely on and the federal dollars promised to our state.”
Congresswoman Goodlander has been an outspoken fighter for New Hampshire’s public schools and education:
- Goodlander slammed the Trump Administration’s move to dismantle the Department of Education, which directed $51.2 million in 2024 to New Hampshire from Title I, a program designed to support schools with low-income students to bridge achievement gaps.
- Goodlander is a cosponsor of the IDEA Full Funding Act, HR 2598, bipartisan legislation to fully fund special education.
- Goodlander has advocated directly to Education Secretary Linda McMahon, demanding answers about the impact that President Trump’s executive order to dismantle the United States Department of Education will have on New Hampshire.
- Goodlander led the New Hampshire federal delegation in calling on President Trump to fully fund the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
- Goodlander has met with teachers, students, and schools across New Hampshire and spoken directly with Granite Staters about the devastating impact that dismantling the Department of Education would have on New Hampshire. Including:
- Goodlander visited Plymouth State University and discussed the importance of federal funding for NH schools.
- Goodlander met with ConVal Regional High School students and staff and toured the CTE center.
- Goodlander toured Keene State College’s Precision Optics program.
- Goodlander visited Alvirne High School to celebrate Career and Technical Education Month.
- Goodlander joined TRIO Day in Nashua and heard from New Hampshire students about their lives and their dreams.
