With DOE’s Office for Civil Rights depleted, a lawsuit seeks to continue discrimination investigations in schools
A Lower Merion dad, whose daughter faced discrimination based on her disability, laments a safety net that's "pretty well ...
The California Office for Civil Rights is closing. What now for school discrimination cases?
The Trump administration's slashing cut the state's Office for Civil Rights, responsible for providing students protection ...
Federal Education Department layoffs include civil rights lawyers for NJ
Civil rights attorneys in the Education Department responsible for the New York and New Jersey region were laid off by the ...
Trump Firings Gut Education Department’s Civil Rights Division
Many of the office’s cases over the decades have served as a catalyst for broader policy change and social reforms.
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 ...
An office known for enforcing special education is now focused on Trump’s political priorities
The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights is best known for enforcing disability rights across America’s schools, ...
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 ...
Education Department layoffs gut civil rights offices in Chicago, nationwide
At least 50 staffers were fired in Chicago or pushed out, including the entire Office for Civil Rights. The layoffs are part ...
Alabama parents sue over cuts to education civil rights office: ‘Discriminatory and unsafe’
Nikki Carter and her son, Simeon, get ready for his graduation from Demopolis High School on May 19, 2023, in Demopolis, ...
Student loans, civil rights, IEP: How federal cuts could affect Oklahoma education
The push to eliminate the federal Department of Education is likely to have an effect on Oklahoma's education system.
‘Students will suffer harm’: Education Department’s civil rights office gutted by layoffs, closures
The Education Department’s civil rights office has been among the hardest hit by layoffs, with the Trump administration ...
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Education Department layoffs gut its civil rights office, leaving discrimination cases in limbo
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...