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Statement
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July 7, 2025
AFPI Pennsylvania Applauds Senate Bill 9 Discharge Resolution
The Pennsylvania Chapter of the America First Policy Institute (AFPI-PA) applauds the discharge resolution introduced to bring Senate Bill 9 (SB9) Save Women’s Sports Act out of the House Education Committee to the full House floor for a vote. This critical legislation, which passed the Pennsylvania Senate with bipartisan support, is essential to protecting the integrity, fairness, and safety of women’s and girls’ sports in the Commonwealth.
Statement
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July 1, 2025
AFPI Applauds Historic University of Pennsylvania Resolution
The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released the following statement from Stacey Schieffelin, Chair of America First Women’s Initiative and Jessica Steinmann, Executive General Counsel and co-chair of the AFPI’s Center for Litigation, celebrating the historic resolution reached between the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights & University of Pennsylvania (UPenn):
Op-Ed
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July 1, 2025
Skrmetti Is a Turning Point, but the Fight to Protect Girls and Women Is Far From Over
In the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in United States v. Skrmetti, reactions were predictably extreme. The left condemned the ruling as a cruel attack on transgender youth. Some on the right celebrated it as the end of radical gender ideology.
Case Insight
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June 27, 2025
Mahmoud v. Taylor: A Major Victory for Parents’ Rights
Today the Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision for parents’ rights and religious freedom in Mahmoud v. Taylor, siding 6-3 with religious parents who sought to opt their children out of classroom materials that directly contradicted their deeply held faith convictions.
Issue Brief
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June 24, 2025
Effective Implementation of the Elementary and Secondary Schools Act’s “Persistently Dangerous” Schools Designation
New Trump-McMahon Department of Education guidance directs states to revisit policies concerning transfer opportunities for students attending “persistently dangerous” schools.
Experts on School Boards
Julia Butch
Policy Analyst, Center for Education Opportunity and Center for 1776
Alexandra Caro Campana
Chief Operating Officer
Erika Donalds
Chair of Education Opportunity and Chair of the AFPI-Florida State Chapter
Laurie Todd-Smith,Ph.D.
Director, Center for Education Opportunity & Director, Center for the American Child
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AFPI Welcomes Erika Donalds as Chair of the Center for Education Opportunity and Chair of the AFPI-Florida State Chapter
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Riley Gaines Joins America First’s Athletes Coalition as Vice Chair
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Combating Fentanyl in Schools
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