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.
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
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.
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.
Alabama parents sue over cuts to education civil rights office: ‘Discriminatory and unsafe’
Alabama parents are leading a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education over recent cuts to the Office for Civil Rights, which investigates alleged abuses in local schools. The lawsuit, filed March 14,
New lawsuit alleges Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights cannot fulfill responsibilities after cuts
A lawsuit filed Friday alleges the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is unable to fulfill its mandated obligations due to the Trump administration’s changes as it seeks to wind down the entire department.
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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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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 ...