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SIGN ON! Save Libraries, Stop Project 2025
Project 2025 is broadly seen as a roadmap for the next Conservative/Republican administration and has deep implications for libraries across the nation.
Calls for the Incarceration of Millions of Americans
In its opening sections, the Project 2025 report is filled with false allegations of criminal conduct by librarians, publishers, authors, and educators and argues in favor of criminal charges and incarceration. We know these aren't empty threats because we have already seen them enact or attempt to enact these same kinds of laws in states across the country.
Heritage Foundation Continues Call for Closure of the Institute of Museums and Library Services (IMLS).
The Heritage Foundation has previously called for the closure of the Institute of Museums and Library Services (IMLS), the only source of federal funding for public libraries and state libraries. In Blueprints dating back to the mid-2010s, the Heritage Foundation states that Congress should have no role in ensuring that libraries are strong and available to everyone.
Project 2025 Could Dismantle K-12 Public Education and Libraries As Well
In addition to these dramatic reductions in library funding, Project 2025 would also dismantle much of what makes K-12 public education the great leveler of American society. From proposals to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education and phase out Title I support for the poorest of schools to scaling back Civil Rights enforcement in the name of parents' rights, American education would be unrecognizable within a few years and set our children back for decades.
Project 2025 advocates for increased censorship and threatens criminal penalties on educators to discourage school librarians from providing diverse materials and limit student access to comprehensive educational resources.
- Project 2025 would make public schools even more dangerous for LGBTQIA+ students, allowing them to be discriminated against and marginalized by insisting on a strict definition of one’s “sex.”
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Amendments to Title IX would define “sex” under Title IX to mean only biological sex recognized at birth; and strengthen protections for faith-based educational institutions and, programs while rescinding the Biden administration’s expansion
of Title IX protections. - Project 2025 looks to radically alter programs like Title I funding, which supports low-income students. The reduction and eventual elimination of Title I funds would disproportionately impact schools in low-income areas.
- Project 2025 proposes significant changes to higher education that align with a broader reactionary agenda to reduce federal oversight and funding. These changes have the potential to reshape the landscape of higher education, with substantial implications for academic institutions, students, and the quality of education.
SIGN ON! Save Libraries, Stop Project 2025
Project 2025 is broadly seen as a roadmap for the next Conservative/Republican administration and has deep implications for libraries across the nation.
Calls for the Incarceration of Millions of Americans
In its opening sections, the Project 2025 report is filled with false allegations of criminal conduct by librarians, publishers, authors, and educators and argues in favor of criminal charges and incarceration. We know these aren't empty threats because we have already seen them enact or attempt to enact these same kinds of laws in states across the country.
Heritage Foundation Continues Call for Closure of the Institute of Museums and Library Services (IMLS).
The Heritage Foundation has previously called for the closure of the Institute of Museums and Library Services (IMLS), the only source of federal funding for public libraries and state libraries. In Blueprints dating back to the mid-2010s, the Heritage Foundation states that Congress should have no role in ensuring that libraries are strong and available to everyone.
Project 2025 Could Dismantle K-12 Public Education and Libraries As Well
In addition to these dramatic reductions in library funding, Project 2025 would also dismantle much of what makes K-12 public education the great leveler of American society. From proposals to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education and phase out Title I support for the poorest of schools to scaling back Civil Rights enforcement in the name of parents' rights, American education would be unrecognizable within a few years and set our children back for decades.
Project 2025 advocates for increased censorship and threatens criminal penalties on educators to discourage school librarians from providing diverse materials and limit student access to comprehensive educational resources.
- Project 2025 would make public schools even more dangerous for LGBTQIA+ students, allowing them to be discriminated against and marginalized by insisting on a strict definition of one’s “sex.”
-
Amendments to Title IX would define “sex” under Title IX to mean only biological sex recognized at birth; and strengthen protections for faith-based educational institutions and, programs while rescinding the Biden administration’s expansion
of Title IX protections. - Project 2025 looks to radically alter programs like Title I funding, which supports low-income students. The reduction and eventual elimination of Title I funds would disproportionately impact schools in low-income areas.
- Project 2025 proposes significant changes to higher education that align with a broader reactionary agenda to reduce federal oversight and funding. These changes have the potential to reshape the landscape of higher education, with substantial implications for academic institutions, students, and the quality of education.