With DOE’s Office for Civil Rights depleted, a lawsuit seeks to continue discrimination investigations in schools
A Lower Merion dad, whose daughter faced discrimination based on her disability, laments a safety net that's "pretty well ...
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Big Cuts at the Education Department’s Civil Rights Office Will Affect Vulnerable Students for Years to Come
The U.S. Department of Education cut its workforce by nearly 50% on March 11, 2025, when it laid off about 1,315 employees. The move follows several ...
The California Office for Civil Rights is closing. What now for school discrimination cases?
The Trump administration's slashing cut the state's Office for Civil Rights, responsible for providing students protection ...
HHS' Civil Rights Office finds Maine in violation of Title IX for allowing biological males in women's sports
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Civil Rights found three Maine entities in violation of Title IX ...
Parents Sue Trump Administration for Allegedly Sabotaging Education Department’s Civil Rights Division
The lawsuit claims that decimating the agency’s Office for Civil Rights will leave it unable to address issues of ...
Trump Firings Gut Education Department’s Civil Rights Division
Many of the office’s cases over the decades have served as a catalyst for broader policy change and social reforms.
New lawsuit alleges Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights cannot fulfill responsibilities after cuts
A lawsuit filed Friday alleges the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is unable to fulfill its mandated ...
Dozens of medical schools on DEI ‘watchlist’ as two face civil rights complaint
Seventy med schools were flagged for DEI practices as Duke and Geisinger face complaints over race-based programs amid a ...
Federal Education Department layoffs include civil rights lawyers for NJ
Civil rights attorneys in the Education Department responsible for the New York and New Jersey region were laid off by the ...
Education Department Sued Over Cuts to Civil Rights Office
A new lawsuit argues that recent layoffs undermine the office’s ability to investigate complaints of discrimination from all ...
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Education Department layoffs gut its civil rights office, leaving discrimination cases in limbo
The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs, ...
‘Students will suffer harm’: Education Department’s civil rights office gutted by layoffs, closures
The Education Department’s civil rights office has been among the hardest hit by layoffs, with the Trump administration ...