“Parental rights are paramount in the operation of America’s public schools, and Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools does not know children better than their own parents,”
Harmeet Dhillon
The Public Record
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October 14, 2026
I have directed the Civil Rights Division, through our Second Amendment Section, to defend law-abiding citizens from local authorities who infringe on the right to safely carry legal firearms.
— Harmeet Dhillon
But I want there to be a very clear message to every school district in the United States. They are on notice that if they violate FERPA and PPRA, the United States Department of Justice stands ready to protect the rights of parents and…
We need to go after every single one of these violations … I can't talk about a lot of what we're doing publicly, but activists and others are giving us leads.
Using ‘diversity’ essay questions to identify preferred races for admission is still illegal discrimination based on race, and this Department is committed to eliminating it everywhere we find it, including in our nation’s law schools.
Duke Law School doesn’t get a free pass to discriminate against white and Asian students simply because it thinks it has good intentions.
Holding a red triangle over a student's head in a mob setting and saying 'Jews not welcome' is much closer to not protected speech.
Someone wearing a keffiyeh or shouting 'from the river to the sea,' it's protected by the First Amendment.
[With] a lot of young people these days, there's kind of a snowflake culture with 'I feel unsafe.' I feel unsafe everyday when I go to work and get a mean email from a colleague. Life is full of challenges.
FERPA is not optional, and any districts that attempt to bypass or distort its requirements should expect immediate federal action.
School districts that hide information from parents are violating federal law.