Education Department Begins Dismissal of Civil Rights Cases
One disability rights advocate says the department notified her that 500 of her complaints were dismissed in recent weeks.
One disability rights advocate says the department notified her that 500 of her complaints were dismissed in recent weeks.
One video posted to a Syracuse fraternity’s private Facebook page shows a member reciting a racist oath and another shows a simulated sexual assault.
The letter, organized by the Human Rights Campaign, criticizes the Trump administration for rescinding restroom guidance for transgender students.
On Wednesday, the Department of Education published a full list of active civil rights investigations that will be updated monthly.
The injunction was filed against the U.S. Department of Education after a previous lawsuit against an Illinois school district was denied.
The OCR’s new approach is aimed at decreasing the amount of time it takes to investigate schools and colleges for Title IX violations.
The Palo Alto School District currently has more than 20 Title IX sexual violence cases pending.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights would lose 46 full-time employees, or 8 percent of its staff.
Racial disparities in the school district’s suspension rates were cited by advocacy groups.
A study showed high rates of a range of negative experiences in the education and healthcare sectors.