Investigation finds RI Public School District offered student loan forgiveness to only non-White teachers

EEOC Moves Against Providence Schools Over Discrimination Against White Teachers, After Years Of Effort By Equal Protection Project

After almost three years of effort, EPP is seeing the legal pieces fall into place to stop this racist program and to hold those responsible accountable. We also repeat our call for the U.S. Department of Justice to open a formal investigation of the Rhode Island Foundation, one of the key culprits here.

White Teachers Excluded in Loan Forgiveness Scheme

A federal investigation has found that Providence Public School District’s “Educator of Color Loan Forgiveness Program” unlawfully excluded white teachers. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) concluded that the district violated Title VII by restricting up to $25,000 in student-loan forgiveness exclusively to non-white educators. The district now faces federal demands to correct the violation. The program, funded with about $3.1 m…

Investigation finds RI Public School District offered student loan forgiveness to only non-White teachers

FIRST ON FOX: An investigation conducted by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found there was reasonable cause to believe that the Providence Public School District was unlawfully discriminating against White teachers by only offering student loan forgiveness to non-White educators. "The evidence obtained during the investigation establishes reasonable cause to believe that Respondent engaged in unlawful discrimination against a c…