The agency must also reinstate canceled grants to the members of AACTE and two other educator preparation groups that sued.
The directive comes on the heels of U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon's decision to gut half the agency as its "final mission.”
The Catholic institution in Wisconsin is still trying to cut $7 million from its fiscal 2026 budget after previously initiating multiple rounds of layoffs.
The U.S. Department of Education claims mandated tests like NAEP won’t be impacted, but laid-off employees beg to differ.