Whereas, the education of all students is a cornerstone of our democracy and requires significant investment in public schools, educators, and equitable resources to ensure every student has an opportunity to succeed; and

Whereas, Project 2025, as proposed, includes numerous policies that threaten the very foundations of public education, undermine teacher autonomy, and promote inequities that harm marginalized communities; and

Whereas, we believe in the critical importance of protecting public education, ensuring fair compensation and working conditions for educators, and advocating for policies that support all students, particularly those from historically underfunded and marginalized communities;

Whereas, Project 2025 attacks educators and education in the following ways:

1. Proposes budget cuts to public schools and redirects funding to private or charter schools, and weakens the public education system, increase inequities, and exacerbate resource shortages for teachers and students;
2. Includes prescriptive mandates, such as standardized curriculums or rigid testing requirements that negate teachers’ ability to tailor instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners;
3. Promotes privatization and for-profit models which undermines public schools and reduces access to quality education for all students;
4. Neglects or at very least, exacerbates disparities affecting marginalized communities such as underfunded schools, and attacks equity and DEI initiatives and existing programs;
5. Fails to address the critical teacher shortage by cutting programs that support teacher training, professional development, and housing assistance, particularly for teachers and staff from historically marginalized communities and other underrepresented communities, thus harming schools;
6. Promotes a narrow ideological agenda that conflicts with the values of inclusivity, academic freedom, and balanced education;
7. Promotes policies that limit culturally responsive teaching, critical thinking, and discussions of race, equity, and history in the classroom. These policies, which are not based on researched-backed information, serve to ultimately under-educate students and suppress their ability to think critically and creatively instead of preparing them to build a truly democratic society for all. Such exclusion harms the diverse and inclusive environments that we strive to foster; and
8. Neglects key student issues, including, but not limited to—mental health, access to technology, and community support.

Be it resolved, that CFT stand in opposition to Project 2025 and call on policymakers to oppose the proposals that will have harmful impacts on public education, educators, and students, and fail to engage an inclusive and equitable dialogue that includes the voices of those most directly impacted by these policies.

Be it finally resolved, that CFT opposes and fights against the tenets of Project 2025, while specifically focusing on the following concerns, how Project 2025:

1. Threatens Funding to Public Education,
2. Undermines Teacher Autonomy,
3. Promotes the Privatization of Public Education,
4. Attacks Equity,
5. Neglects Teacher Recruitment and Retention,
6. Promotes Political and Ideological Bias,
7. Harms Diversity and Inclusion, and
8. Fails to Address Broader Aspects of Student Needs

Submitted by the Civil, Human and Women’s Rights Committee