Parents sue over Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights layoffs: ‘Abdicated its responsibility’
Plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed Friday claim the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights cannot fulfill its mandated duties after nearly half the department’s staff was laid off this week, as President Donald Trump moves to shut down the agency entirely.
New lawsuit alleges Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights cannot fulfill responsibilities after cuts
A lawsuit filed on Friday alleges the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) is unable to fulfill its mandated obligations due to Trump administration changes as it seek to
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 students, not just those aligned with President Trump’s agenda.
Education Department layoffs gut its civil rights office, leaving discrimination cases in limbo
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs, effectively gutting an office that already faced a backlog of thousands of complaints from students and families across the nation.
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.
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 these changes on the most vulnerable public school students will likely be felt for many years.
Parents Sue Trump Administration for Allegedly Sabotaging Education Department’s Civil Rights Division
Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Saying the Trump administration is sabotaging civil rights enforcement by the Department of Education,
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Civil rights lawyers contest ICE arrests in the Midwest
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents illegally arrested people — including many without criminal records and one U.S.
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