Parents Sue Trump Administration for Allegedly Sabotaging Education Department’s Civil Rights Division
The lawsuit claims that decimating the agency’s Office for Civil Rights will leave it unable to address issues of discrimination at school — violating the equal protection clause of the Fifth Amendment.
Trump Administration Will Continue Stripping Students of Civil Rights If Education Leaders Allow It
Trump administration asserts federal control over schools, colleges, and students to a degree never before seen.
Parents sue over Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights layoffs: ‘Abdicated its responsibility’
The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, a national disability rights group, and two parents filed the federal lawsuit in the District of Columbia.
Education Department layoffs gut its civil rights office, leaving discrimination cases in limbo
The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs, effectively gutting an office that already faced a backlog of thousands of complai
Education Department Sued Over Cuts to Civil Rights Office
A new lawsuit argues that recent layoffs undermine the office’s ability to investigate complaints of discrimination from all students, not just those aligned with President Trump’s agenda.
Education Dept launches widespread civil rights probe: A look at what the agency does as Trump eyes shutdown
The Education Department deals with managing loans, financial aid and some funding, but does not develop curriculum or accredit schools.
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Where Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Nominee Harmeet Dhillon Stands on Civil Liberties
President Donald Trump has nominated Harmeet Dhillon, an attorney, media personality and Republican Party official, to lead ...
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Parents Sue Ed. Dept. Over Civil Rights Office Layoffs and Delays
The lawsuit argues that the mass layoffs leave students and families with little recourse for discrimination complaints.
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Feds shutter California civil rights office: ‘The students are going to suffer’
California has over 700 pending cases with the Office for Civil Rights. The Trump administration has not provided details on ...