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 ...
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, ...
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.
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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.
‘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 ...
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, ...
Education Department layoffs gut civil rights offices in Chicago, nationwide
At least 50 staffers were fired in Chicago or pushed out, including the entire Office for Civil Rights. The layoffs are part ...
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Education Department layoffs gut its civil rights office, leaving discrimination cases in limbo
The cases involve families trying to get school ... their complaints won’t move,” said Michael Pillera, a senior civil rights attorney for the Office for Civil Rights.
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Education Department layoffs gut its civil rights office, leaving discrimination cases in limbo
Seven of the civil rights agency’s 12 regional offices ... Historically, most of the office’s work deals with disability rights cases, but it has fielded growing numbers of complaints alleging ...