{"id":12565,"date":"2025-03-13T09:45:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T09:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-firings-gut-education-departments-civil-rights-division\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T09:45:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T09:45:15","slug":"trump-firings-gut-education-departments-civil-rights-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-firings-gut-education-departments-civil-rights-division\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Firings Gut Education Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Decades ago, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/uscode.house.gov\/statviewer.htm?volume=88&amp;page=514\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Congress guaranteed all students<\/a> an equal opportunity to an education. But now the office created to enforce that promise has been decimated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Education Department\u2019s Office for Civil Rights was slashed in half on Tuesday as part of President Trump\u2019s aggressive push to dismantle the agency, which he has called a \u201ccon job.\u201d The firings eliminated the entire investigative staff in seven of the office\u2019s 12 regional branches, including in Boston, Cleveland, Dallas and San Francisco, and left thousands of pending cases in limbo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/11\/us\/politics\/trump-education-department-firings.html\" title=\"\">layoffs struck every corner of the department<\/a>, which manages federal loans for college, tracks student achievement and supports programs for students with disabilities. But education policy experts and student advocates were particularly distressed about the gutting of the civil rights office, which fielded more than 22,600 complaints from parents and students last year, an increase of more than 200 percent from five years earlier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Some voiced particular concern about what could happen to students with special needs, whose access to education is often left to the federal government to enforce. Many questioned how the Trump administration would be able to handle the office\u2019s case load moving forward \u2014 or if it would at all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe move to gut this office and leave only a shell means the federal government has turned its back on civil rights in schools,\u201d said Catherine E. Lhamon, who led the office as assistant secretary for civil rights in both the Obama and Biden administrations. \u201cI am scared for my kids and I am scared for every mother with kids in school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Office for Civil Rights, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/uscode.house.gov\/statviewer.htm?volume=93&amp;page=673\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">established by Congress<\/a>, opened along with the rest of the Education Department in 1980. One of the office\u2019s first leaders was Clarence Thomas, now a Supreme Court justice. It is relatively inexpensive compared with other agency programs, with a cost of about <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/sites\/ed\/files\/about\/overview\/budget\/budget24\/summary\/24summary.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">$140 million<\/a> in the department\u2019s $80 billion discretionary budget.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The majority of civil rights complaints typically involve students with disabilities, followed by allegations of racial and sex-based discrimination. Many of the disability cases involve complaints that schools are failing to provide accommodations for students or that schools are separating disabled students from their peers in violation of federal law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump and the education secretary, Linda McMahon, have maintained that staffing cuts at the department will not disrupt services for the 50 million pupils in elementary and secondary schools or 20 million college students.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But the only preparation the Trump administration announced before the layoffs was that the department\u2019s Washington-based headquarters would be closed on Wednesday as a security precaution. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe\u2019ll see how it all works out,\u201d Mr. Trump said of the layoffs while speaking to reporters at the White House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Madi Biedermann, the Education Department\u2019s deputy assistant for communications, said changes were underway in the civil rights office to process cases and praised the remaining staff members for their commitment and years of experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe are confident that the dedicated staff of O.C.R. will deliver on its statutory responsibilities,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One civil rights investigator wept in an interview on Wednesday as she spoke about the abrupt firings and what they would mean for parents fighting for fairness for their children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">This investigator, who requested anonymity out of fear of retribution, had talked to parents on Tuesday morning about a possible resolution to a yearslong push to have their disabled son\u2019s needs met at school.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the afternoon, the investigator prepared a new case about a school retaliating against a Black student who had complained about racial slurs from classmates and reviewed an offer from another school to resolve a complaint from a student whose wheelchair had been repeatedly stuck \u2014 and occasionally tipped over \u2014 from crumbling walkways on campus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the evening, the investigator was fired. With work access cut off, there was no way to follow up with any of the parents she had spoken with that day, or to contact the witnesses she was scheduled to interview on Wednesday about a college student\u2019s discrimination complaint.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI was really trying to help, and now I can\u2019t even talk to them, and I\u2019m so sorry,\u201d the investigator said. \u201cI would never treat anyone like this. I would never just not show up or stop talking to someone, but I have no way to reschedule or let them know what\u2019s going on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Disability rights advocates said that any impediment to the department\u2019s ability to enforce civil rights laws would cause widespread harm to the nation\u2019s education system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Zoe Gross, the director of advocacy for the Autism Self Advocacy Network, said that she was particularly concerned about what might happen to the office\u2019s data collection efforts, which have been used to spot potential red flags and identify trends.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For example, when some states reported zero instances of disabled students who had been restrained or separated from their peers, O.C.R. investigated and found that cases were not being reported because school officials had misinterpreted rules for disabled students. The federal government then intervened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cAll of these kinds of things you need the department to do and help with,\u201d Ms. Gross said. \u201cAnd without the Department of Education and the Office for Civil Rights, we\u2019re going to see basically states left on their own to navigate that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Many of the office\u2019s past cases have served as catalysts for broader change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">During the Obama administration, the office\u2019s investigations into sexual assault and harassment identified more than 100 colleges and universities that were inadequately reporting and responding to allegations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As a result, many schools adopted internal enforcement policies that have made it easier for students who have been sexually assaulted to receive large damage awards. These investigations have also been routinely referred to as validation for the collegiate #MeToo movement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Sex-based cases also include harassment involving gender identity, an issue that fueled Mr. Trump\u2019s campaign last year and motivated executive orders early in his administration aimed at preventing schools from <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/30\/us\/trump-executive-orders-local-control-schools.html\" title=\"\">recognizing transgender identities<\/a>, barring transgender girls and women from <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/12\/us\/trump-trans-girls-women-sports.html\" title=\"\">competing on girls\u2019 and women\u2019s sports teams<\/a> and terminating programs that promote \u201c<a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/31\/health\/trump-cdc-dei-gender.html\" title=\"\">gender ideology<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic led to their own genre of discrimination complaints as schools closed, struggled to carry out online learning and then were slow to reopen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Department officials said they still intend to pursue civil rights complaints and have discussed relying more on mediations as a way to quicken the pace of investigations, as well as other available legal tools to rapidly resolve cases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The office had already moved to align with Mr. Trump\u2019s priorities. It paused ongoing investigations into <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/24\/us\/politics\/education-dept-ends-book-ban-investigations.html\" title=\"\">complaints of schools banning books<\/a> and dismissed 11 pending cases involving schools that had removed books from their libraries. The cases primarily delved into issues of gender and racial identity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Under the Biden administration, the office vigorously investigated <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/01\/us\/politics\/education-discrimination.html\" title=\"\">complaints of racial discrimination<\/a> amid the so-called racial reckoning in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd. Some complaints reflected the debate about schools\u2019 roles in addressing systemic racism or charged that certain programming was exclusionary of non-minorities. Several longstanding diversity and inclusion efforts \u2014 which Mr. Trump has now ordered \u201cillegal\u201d and \u201charmful\u201d \u2014 came under a microscope.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The civil rights office has also seen a rise in allegations of antisemitism, particularly on college campuses, and other religious-based discrimination. The Trump administration has supported those investigations, which they have used to strip federal funding from one university and threaten dozens more with similar consequences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Before firing 1,315 employees on Tuesday, the Trump administration had already encouraged 572 workers to quit or retire early and had let go 63 employees who did not have union protections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Taken together, 47 percent of the department\u2019s work force had been eliminated in the first 50 days of Mr. Trump\u2019s return to the White House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Erica L. 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