CDF submitted a public comment supporting the Department of Education’s proposal to end regulations governing the Equity Assistance Center Program. The comment explained that a program created to help schools carry out desegregation plans had increasingly promoted DEI, Critical Race Theory, gender ideology, and other woke initiatives instead. CDF urged the Department to adopt the rule and keep federal education resources focused on their original purpose, not ideological programming. View Archived Campaign

CDF submitted a public comment supporting a proposed United States Postal Service rule establishing uniform standards for the handling, tracking, and verification of federal election ballot mail, highlighting the role of these measures in promoting transparency, strengthening accountability, and reinforcing public confidence in election administration while preserving state authority over election management.

CDF submitted a public comment opposing proposed changes to Title IX that would alter eligibility standards for male and female athletic teams. The submission urged the Department to preserve the law's longstanding protections based on biological sex and raised concerns regarding competitive fairness, student privacy, federalism, and administrative overreach.

CDF submitted a public comment regarding the President's Religious Liberty Commission's draft report, supporting recommendations to strengthen religious liberty protections for pastors, churches, students, educators, and other Americans. Drawing upon CDF's work nationwide, the comment highlighted examples involving pastors' civic engagement, religious expression in public spaces, and the display of the Ten Commandments and other religious materials in public schools, while encouraging the Commission to strengthen constitutional safeguards, clarify First Amendment protections, and equip Americans with practical resources to defend their religious freedoms. View Archived Campaign

CDF submitted a public comment opposing proposed revisions to the U.S. Census’s American Community Survey (ACS) that would add questions related to gender identity. The comment argued that federal demographic data collection should remain grounded in biological sex while identifying how data reliability, survey integrity, and taxpayer costs would all be impacted by incorporating gender identity into federal statistical reporting.

CDF submitted a public comment opposing proposed federal grant regulations that would remove explicit protections for free speech and religious liberty while expanding sexual orientation and gender identity requirements in grant administration. The submission recognized how the proposal conflicted with existing religious liberty protections and could disadvantage faith-based organizations seeking to participate in federal programs.