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DOE: Office for Civil Rights staff to return to work after mass layoffs

Laid-off Office for Civil Rights staff have been put on administrative leave since March. Schaefer states that the staff will ...

What forced the US Education Department to reopen civil rights offices after months of shutdown?

The US Department of Education is reinstating over 260 employees to its Office for Civil Rights after a court order. This ...
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Laid-Off Civil Rights Staff Will Return to Work Next Month, Ed. Dept. Says

It’s the first time the agency—which has been under court orders to reinstate staff—has said it will actually bring laid-off employees back.
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University of Richmond scholarships at center of federal civil rights complaint

The University of Richmond (UR) is facing a federal civil rights complaint that alleges some of its scholarships violate ...

Edsource: Federal Judge Says Doe Has Ignored Order To Restore Civil Rights Office Cuts

In June, Joun ordered the department to stop the terminations of employees in the Office for Civil Rights so that it could ...
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Trump Admin. Quietly Rescinds Guidance on English Learners’ Rights

The 2015 Dear Colleague letter detailed how schools and districts can comply with federal requirements in English-learner ...
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Federal cutbacks shift education-related civil rights issues to state

Advocates for families with disabilities anticipate a pivot away from the federal route for discrimination complaint ...

Denver Public Schools converts 2nd restroom to all-gender after civil rights investigation

Denver Public Schools has confirmed that one of its high schools, which previously converted a girls’ restroom into an ...