Parents Sue Trump Administration for Allegedly Sabotaging Education Department’s Civil Rights Division
The class-action 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 ...
Big cuts at Education Department's civil rights office will impact vulnerable students for years
The latest cuts further compound funding and staffing shortages that have plagued the Office of Civil Rights. The effects of ...
Massive Layoffs at the Department of Education Erode Its Civil Rights Division
Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be ...
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 Department Sued Over Civil Rights Office Shutdown (1)
The Trump Administration’s dismantling of the Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights is unconstitutional, according to ...
Trump's Picks For Solicitor General, Civil Rights Chief Clear Senate Panel
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the nominations of D. John Sauer to be U.S. solicitor general, Harmeet ...
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, ...
Big cuts at the Education Department’s civil rights office will affect vulnerable students for years to come
The CRDC originated in the late 1960s as required by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The data questionnaire, which poses questions about civil rights concerns, is usually administered to U.S. public ...
Trump must ditch Biden-era memo pushing 'racially discriminatory' discipline, says parents group
The group Parents Defending Education is hoping the Trump Education Department will reverse course on Biden era guidelines ...
US Said to Drop Sex Abuse Lawsuit Against Migrant Child Shelter
The Justice Department plans to drop a Biden-era lawsuit alleging sexual abuse by employees of a company that houses ...
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Trump Justice Department fires head of organized crime drug task force
(This March 8 story has been corrected to show that Kristofcak works on civil litigation, and is not a prosecutor, in paragraph 12) The head of a key U.S. Justice Department task force that ...
The Education Department was created to ensure equal access. Who would do that in its absence?
As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the Education Department, officials have suggested other agencies could take ...