Education Department rescinds disparate impact rule, a key tool used to assess school discrimination
The change drops a long-used civil rights standard and leaves Title VI enforcement focused on intentional discrimination only, officials said.
- The Education Department will no longer treat policies that disproportionately harm one group of students as discriminatory unless the discrimination is intentional.
- This rescinds a decades-long standard for civil rights enforcement related to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.
- Racial justice advocates have opposed the move, saying it removes a critical guardrail for students against discriminatory practices.
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Education Department removes antidiscrimination rule
The Education Department said Thursday that it is rescinding a long-standing policy allowing statistical disparities to serve as evidence of discrimination in schools during civil rights investigations. The policy, which took place immediately, eliminated guidance dating back to 1979 that permitted the agency’s Office for Civil Rights to use data showing disproportionate outcomes for students…
Education Department removing 'disparate impact' discrimination rule
The Department of Education has narrowed its civil rights enforcement, ruling that school policies resulting in unequal outcomes for certain groups will no longer be considered discriminatory unless intent is proven.
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RocketNewsED Scraps Tool to Investigate Discrimination
For decades, the Office for Civil Rights investigated whether educational institutions’ policies disparately impacted minority groups in discriminatory ways. Not anymore. The U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday that it’s abandoning provisions of civil rights law that protect students against institutional policies that disparately impact minority groups. Now only intentional discrimination violates the law, according to the departmen…
US Education Department removes key rules against discrimination - Regional Media News
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Education Department said on Thursday it was removing several "disparate impact" regulations, which for decades have prohibited policies and practices with discriminatory impacts that are often unintended. Sixty civil rights and education groups issued a statement on Thursday condemning the change, saying the regulations being removed were crucial to protect students from systemic discri…
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