USF faces civil rights probe by Trump Education Department over race-focused Ph.D. funding
A Florida public university is under investigation by the federal education agency for awarding race-based scholarships.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Big cuts at Education Department's civil rights office will impact vulnerable students for years
The latest cuts further compound funding and staffing shortages that have plagued the Office of Civil Rights. The effects of ...
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 ...
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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, ...
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 ...
Alabama parents sue over cuts to education civil rights office: ‘Discriminatory and unsafe’
Nikki Carter and her son, Simeon, get ready for his graduation from Demopolis High School on May 19, 2023, in Demopolis, ...
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 ...
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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 ...
‘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 ...