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AFL probes Fairfax schools over 9/11 guide language

9/23/2026

America First Legal has launched an investigation into Fairfax County Public Schools to determine who authored a guide instructing teachers not to center the extremists in 9/11 lessons.

The case for the district rests on protecting students from stigma, but the risk is that the language effectively sanitizes the historical record of the attacks.

This tension sits at the heart of a dispute over how a public school system should commemorate a national tragedy.

The guidance under scrutiny The six-page document, titled "25th Anniversary and Commemoration of 9/11," was published on Aug.

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