Attorney General Raoul Leads Coalition Opposing Repeal Of Reporting Requirements That Expose Race And Ethnicity-Based Disparities In Special Education

Attorney General Raoul Leads Coalition Opposing Repeal Of Reporting Requirements That Expose Race And Ethnicity-Based Disparities In Special Education

CHICAGO — Attorney General Kwame Raoul co-led a coalition of attorneys general in filing a comment letter opposing a U.S. Department of Education proposal to remove certain reporting requirements that help the department uncover significant disproportionality in the identification and placement of children in special education programming and in the discipline of children, based on race and ethnicity.“Data and research have shown for decades tha…