Dept. of Ed. Drops 1,200 Civil Rights Cases, Less Likely to Find Violations
An analysis by ProPublica found the percentage of findings of civil rights violations dropped from 51 percent under Obama to 35 percent under Trump.
An analysis by ProPublica found the percentage of findings of civil rights violations dropped from 51 percent under Obama to 35 percent under Trump.
The proposal comes 14 months after President Trump signed an executive order calling for ways to merge duplicative offices and programs.
The university has hired an outside consulting firm to determine if any violations of Title IX occurred.
USC was required to submit all reports and complaints against staff and faculty under a previous agreement but did not provide documents related to the former doctor.
The Broward Sheriff’s Office recommends the school district establish its own police department but board members say the district doesn’t have the funding or expertise.
The grant money will be used to provide additional staffing support and mental health services after a gunman opened fire at the school, injuring one student and killing another.
The federal school safety panel, created after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting, will not look into best practices of foreign nations with significantly lower rates of gun violence.
The judge ruled that a policy, which required students to use the bathroom that aligns with their biological sex, violated a transgender student’s constitutional rights.
One student says the principal told her same-sex marriage was “pretty much the same thing as marrying a dog” and that she should expect to be attacked for being a member of the LGBTQ community.
One disability rights advocate says the department notified her that 500 of her complaints were dismissed in recent weeks.