Education Department removes several school anti-discrimination rules

Education Dept Rescinds Anti-Discrimination Policy

The Hill reports: The Education Department said Thursday that it is rescinding a long-standing policy allowing statistical disparities to serve as evidence of discrimination in schools during civil rights investigations. The policy, which took place immediately, eliminated guidance dating back to 1979 that permitted the agency’s Office for Civil Rights to use data showing disproportionate outcomes for students of different races when investigati…

Anti-discrimination rules for schools removed by U.S.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Education Department said it's removing several "disparate impact" regulations, which for decades prohibited policies and practices with unintended discriminatory effects.

School anti-bias rules removed

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Education Department said it's removing several "disparate impact" regulations, which for decades prohibited policies and practices with unintended discriminatory effects.

Education Department removes several school anti-discrimination rules

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Education Department said it's removing several "disparate impact" regulations, which for decades prohibited policies and practices with unintended discriminatory effects.

School anti-discrimination rules removed

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Education Department said it's removing several "disparate impact" regulations, which for decades prohibited policies and practices with unintended discriminatory effects.

Education Dept. ends disparate-impact, dropping requirement to balance racial outcomes

The U.S. Department of Education removed disparate-impact from Title VI regulations this week, meaning it will no longer treat neutral school policies or practices that produce unequal outcomes by race as violations of federal law. “Disparate-impact provisions allow demographic data alone to establish that a school violated federal civil rights laws, even if there is no facially… Source