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Trump Administration Moves to Limit Fixes for Systemic Racism in Schools – WTOP News
Federal officials have closed or narrowed more than 50 desegregation cases since Trump returned to office, advocates said.
- The Trump administration has closed more than 50 desegregation cases since taking office, with the Justice Department actively moving to dismiss decades-old court orders it deems outdated.
- In May 2025, President Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to stop investigating "disparate impact," policies appearing neutral but disproportionately affecting one racial group.
- Louisiana's DeSoto Parish School Board was released from a 60-year desegregation order in January, eliminating oversight that previously ensured equal access to extracurriculars for students transferred from racially isolated schools.
- Johnathan Smith, a former attorney in the civil rights division at the Justice Department, warns the changes create "roadblocks" that will "make it very difficult for any future administration to change course."
- Critics including U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., argue these shifts risk returning American schools to pre-1954 segregation standards, while civil rights attorneys caution that lingering discrimination effects persist today.
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Trump administration moves to limit fixes for systemic racism in schoo
WASHINGTON (AP) — For decades, a key principle underpinned civil rights enforcement in American schools: Not all discrimination was intentional. Even if a school policy was written without overt racial bias, it might unfairly hurt one group
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