Education Department removes several school anti-discrimination rules
The rule change ends a decades-long standard and follows a White House directive that federal agencies stop relying on disparate impact analysis.
- On Thursday, July 23, the Education Department rescinded "disparate impact" regulations that for decades prohibited policies with unintended discriminatory effects. Schools will no longer investigate policies harming one group unless discrimination is intentional.
- A White House executive order signed last April directed federal agencies to stop relying on disparate impact analysis when enforcing anti-discrimination laws. The move aligns with Trump's wider push against diversity initiatives.
- Other federal agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Justice Department and the Department of Energy, rescinded their disparate impact guidance last year. This reflects a shift in enforcement standards regarding the Civil Rights Act.
- Civil rights groups condemned the decision, warning it removes critical guardrails for students. Michael Pillera, director of the Educational Opportunities Project at the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said districts may now continue discriminatory practices.
- Black students and other students of color often bear the brunt of exclusionary policies, according to data showing disproportionate suspensions and expulsions. While schoolhouse doors lack signs saying "whites only," advocates argue discrimination remains prevalent.
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Education Dept. rescinds long-standing disparate impact rule for schools
By Annie Ma AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department will no longer consider school policies that disproportionately harm one group of students as discriminatory unless the discrimination is intentional, rescinding a decades-long standard for civil rights enforcement. In a rule change announced July 23, the department said it would remove a number of disparate impact provisions from its regulations related to the implementa…
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