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San Jose State Title IX

OCR: San Jose State Violated Title IX by Allowing Transgender Volleyball Player to Compete

An investigation into San Jose State was launched last year after Trump signed an executive order banning transgender…

News January 30
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The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is experiencing a severe backlog of discrimination cases, exacerbated by significant staff shortages and a record number of complaints. civil rights complaints, school discrimination cases, students with disabilities

U.S. Department of Education OCR Struggles with Backlog of Discrimination Cases

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights' severe backlog of discrimination cases is exacerbated by significant…

News December 9
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Executive Order Education Department

Update: Trump to Issue Executive Order to Dismantle Education Department

In a department-wide email Monday, Education Secretary Linda McMahon said her final mission is to do a "historic…

News March 20
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Department of Education to Enforce 2020 Title IX Rule ‘Protecting Women’, Office for Civil Rights, OCR, LGBTQ+, discrimination

Department of Education to Enforce 2020 Title IX Rule ‘Protecting Women’

OCR won’t appeal a Kentucky court’s vacating of the Biden administration’s 2024 Title IX rule. The Trump administration…

News January 31
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Dear Colleague Letter

OCR Issues Dear Colleague Letter on Ethnic Discrimination in Schools

The letter provides information on the legal analyses that OCR uses to determine whether discrimination exists, and examples…

Press Releases May 10
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Red Clay CSD

Delaware: OCR, Red Clay CSD Resolve Antisemitic Bullying Complaint

The district must audit its harassment procedures and annually train its staff after a student was repeatedly targeted…

News January 31
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Discrimination Complaints

Office for Civil Rights Logs Record Number of Discrimination Complaints

Most of the nearly 19,000 complaints filed with the Department of Education allege discrimination based on disability, race,…

News January 4
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Mingo County Schools, Title IX

U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Announces Resolution of Racial Harassment Investigation of Ottumwa Community School District

OCR determined that during the course of school years 2020-21 and 2021-22 district students subjected a Black middle…

Press Releases December 13
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Student Bullying

GAO Releases Report on Increase in Student Bullying, Hate Crimes and Violence

The in-depth report breaks down the increase in hostile behaviors among students and how schools and the Education…

News December 7