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A memo to the department’s Office for Civil Rights reveals that the agency will allow “only disability-based discrimination” ...

The organizations claimed that the president had exceeded his authority in issuing the orders, and that they intentionally ...

The National Urban League, National Fair Housing Alliance and AIDS Foundation of Chicago said Trump's orders posed an ...

Three civil rights organizations filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday charging that three of President Trump’s executive orders ...

Legal experts said an Education Department letter goes much further than the actual law in limiting how schools and colleges ...

As Trump began to reshape the Education Department, investigations and mediations around disability rights issues came to a ...

The Federal Office for Civil Rights is launching an investigation into Maine's Department of Education and a school district ...

In a sweeping and unprecedented letter issued over the weekend, the Office for Civil Rights declared race-based scholarships, cultural centers and even graduation ceremonies illegal.

The letter says the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights will “vigorously enforce” the law in preschools, K-12 schools, and higher education settings. And while the letter’s ...

The announcement Thursday from the HHS Office for Civil Rights marks a major shift for the division. Under former President Joe Biden, the OCR issued rules aimed at bolstering protections for ...

Since returning to office, the Trump administration has stalled thousands of civil rights investigations in education while redirecting federal enforcement toward politically motivated cases.