# 2025-07378: Meritocracy Mandate: End Punishments for Skills-Over-Demographics Hiring

2025-07378, Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-04-28, effective 2025-04-23 (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-07378
- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-07378
- Title: Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 17537
- Published: 2025-04-28
- Effective: 2025-04-23
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-04

## In one line

Meritocracy Mandate: End Punishments for Skills-Over-Demographics Hiring

## Summary

This new order stops rules that punish businesses for hiring based on skills instead of race or sex. It helps everyone get a fair shot by focusing on what people can do, not who they are. Starting now, employers can make job decisions based on merit without fearing unfair lawsuits, boosting real opportunities and protecting the American Dream.

## Effects PRIA read

- Federal Agencies Deprioritize Disparate-Impact Enforcement: mixed, high. The order directs all federal agencies to deprioritize enforcement of statutes and regulations that include disparate-impact liability, including 42 U.S.C. 2000e-2 and provisions in 28 C.F.R. 42.104(b)(2)-(3), 42.104(b)(6)(ii), and 42.104(c)(2). The directive is part of a policy to "eliminate the u…
- Revoked Presidential Approvals of Title VI Regulations: mixed, medium. The order revokes prior Presidential approvals of Department of Justice Title VI regulations: the July 25, 1966 approval (31 Fed. Reg. 10269) as applied to 28 C.F.R. 42.104(b)(2) in full, and the July 5, 1973 approval (38 Fed. Reg. 17955) as applied to the words "or effect" in 28 C.F.R. 42.104(b)(3…
- Pending Cases and Consent Judgments to Be Reassessed on Short Timelines: mixed, high. The order requires the Attorney General and agency heads to report and act on existing rules and to reassess pending matters: within 30 days a report identifying regulations and steps to amend or repeal them; within 45 days reviews of pending investigations or civil suits that rely on disparate-imp…
- Guidance Encouraging Hiring Based on Skills, Not College Degree: benefit, low. The Attorney General and the Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission must jointly issue guidance or technical assistance to employers on methods to promote equal access to employment regardless of whether an applicant has a college education. This action is directed in Section 7(b) of…

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## Sources
- [2025-07378 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/28/2025-07378/restoring-equality-of-opportunity-and-meritocracy)
- [2025-07378 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-28/pdf/2025-07378.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-07378 (as of 2026-11-04).