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New lawsuit alleges Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights cannot fulfill responsibilities after cuts

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A lawsuit filed Friday alleges the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is unable to fulfill its mandated obligations due to the Trump administration’s changes as it seeks to wind down the entire department.

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Helena Independent Record

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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…

3 hours ago·Helena, United States

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Winston-Salem Journal

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News & Record

Education 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…

6 hours ago

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American Military News

7 federal Education Department offices across US to be closed

The U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights in Philadelphia is one of seven such offices to be shut down nationally as part of the sweeping cutbacks and layoffs being carried out in the department this week, according to a source familiar with details. The office, which oversees five states including Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Maryland, West Virginia and Delaware, is responsible for the enforcement of laws around discrimination cases ba…

11 hours ago

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Alabama Live

Alabama parents sue over cuts to education civil rights office: ‘Discriminatory and unsafe’

Alabama parents sue over DOGE cuts to Department of Education Office of Civil Rights

16 hours ago·Alabama, United States

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edweek.org

Parents Sue Ed. Dept. Over Civil Rights Office Layoffs and Delays

The lawsuit argues that the mass layoffs leave students and families with little recourse for discrimination complaints.

17 hours ago

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News One

Gutting The Education Department's Civil Rights Office Endagers At-Risk Students

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and fellow Democrats criticize President Donald Trump’s plan to shutter the Education Department on March 6, 2025 (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) The U.S. Department of Education cut its workforce by nearly 50 percent on March 11, 2025, when it dismissed about 1,315 employees. The move follows several recent directives targeting the Cabinet-level agency. Within the department, the Office for Civil Rights—which…

21 hours ago

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