US EditionNew lawsuit alleges Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights cannot fulfill responsibilities after cuts
- The U.S. Department of Education cut its workforce by nearly 50 percent, dismissing about 1,315 employees on March 11, 2025.
- The cuts will affect the Office for Civil Rights, which enforces civil rights laws in schools and universities across the country.
- Concerns arise that staff cuts and contract cancellations worth $900 million will hinder the collection and dissemination of critical data from the Civil Rights Data Collection, which originated in the late 1960s.
- Educational scholars stress the importance of maintaining research partnerships for equity despite challenges, especially following federal contract cancellations.
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Thousands of Student Civil Rights Cases Left Adrift After Trump Guts Ed Dept
After a campus police officer grabbed student Ja’Liyah Celestine by the hair and kneed her in the face, she filed a federal civil rights complaint that alleged persistent racial discrimination against Black teens at her Texas high school. But the complaint, brought by the 18-year-old in late October with the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights, may never get investigated. Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign …
'Decision to sabotage': Parents sue Trump administration
Saying the Trump administration is sabotaging civil rights enforcement by the Department of Education, a federal lawsuit filed Friday morning seeks to stop the president and Secretary Linda McMahon from carrying out the mass firing of civil rights investigators and lawyers.Two parents and the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, a national disability rights group, jointly filed the lawsuit. It alleges that decimating the department’s Offic…
Lawsuit Claims Education Department’s Civil Rights Office Can No Longer Function After Mass Layoffs - News Facts Network
A lawsuit filed Friday alleges that the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR)... The post Lawsuit Claims Education Department’s Civil Rights Office Can No Longer Function After Mass Layoffs appeared first on News Facts Network.
Helena Independent Record
End of Education Department may have profound effects
As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the Education Department, officials have suggested other agencies could take over its major responsibilities: civil rights enforcement to the Justice Department, perhaps; student loans to Treasury or Commerce; oversight of student disability rights…
Winston-Salem Journal
News & RecordEducation agency's end may affect equal access
As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the Education Department, officials suggested other agencies could take over its major responsibilities: civil rights enforcement to the Justice Department, perhaps; student loans to Treasury or Commerce; oversight of student disability rights to…
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