Recent Executive Orders And Dear Colleague Letter Affecting Educational Institutions

In the two weeks since President Trump took office, he has issued numerous orders, many of which affect educational institutions. The following summarizes the most recent executive orders and directives affecting our education clients.

Revised Executive Order 13899 – Combatting Anti-Semitism

On January 29, 2025, President Trump issued additional measures to Executive Order 13899, which was first issued in December 2019 during his first administration to ensure that schools would protect Jewish Americans to the same extent to which all other American citizens are protected. The revised executive order claims that the Biden administration effectively nullified the original order and that additional measures were required in the wake of the Hamas terrorist attacks on October 7, 2023. The revised executive order promises to vigorously combat anti-Semitism using all available tools to "prosecute, remove or otherwise hold to account the perpetrators of unlawful