US EditionDOJ sues over Rhode Island loan forgiveness program it says discriminates against white teachers
The loan forgiveness program funded with $3.1 million aimed to recruit 127 teachers of color but excluded 451 white teachers, prompting a DOJ lawsuit alleging race discrimination.
- On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice sued RIDE and PPSD in federal court in Providence over their Educators of Color Loan Forgiveness Program, which offers up to $25,000 but excludes white teachers.
- Launched in 2021, the Educators of Color Loan Forgiveness Program partnered with the Rhode Island Foundation, pledging about $3.1 million to recruit at least 127 teachers of color by offering up to $25,000 in loan repayments.
- Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Justice investigated and the EEOC issued a final finding of discrimination, saying `we will not tolerate such plainly prohibited discrimination in employment.`
- The DOJ is asking the court to declare the program unlawful, enter a permanent injunction stopping similar race‑based programs, and award equitable relief for excluded teachers; the case is assigned to U.S. District Judge Mary S. McElroy.
- The filing comes as the administration frames the lawsuit as part of its effort against diversity, equity and inclusion programs, responding to disparities where Providence students of color represent 80% of enrollment but only 20% of teachers were minority members.
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DOJ Sues Providence Schools Over Anti-White Teacher Program Challenged by Equal Protection Project
"To me it's the most open and shut case you can get, which is why it's so amazing that everybody in the establishment in Rhode Island thumbed their noses at us, refused to listen to us, refused to even respond to us.... and now it's going forward in court, and I'm thrilled." The post DOJ Sues Providence Schools Over Anti-White Teacher Program Challenged by Equal Protection Project first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a civil complaint against the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) and the Providence Public School District (PPSD) after an investigation into the state-controlled district's loan forgiveness program for teachers of color. The complaint, filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court of Rhode Island, accuses RIDE and PPSD of discriminating against white teachers through its Edu…
DOJ sues Providence schools over teacher loan forgiveness program it says excluded white hires
The Providence Public School Department building is seen on Westminster Street in Providence. (Photo by Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current)A loan forgiveness plan for new teachers of color in Providence public schools is at the center of a lawsuit the Trump administration filed Tuesday against the city’s school department in U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) alleges civil rights laws we…
DOJ sues over Rhode Island loan forgiveness program it says discriminates against white teachers
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit on Tuesday alleging that a Rhode Island student loan forgiveness program designed to boost racial diversity in the Providence schools' faculty unlawfully discriminated against white teachers.
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