Posted on 07/19/2025 11:45:03 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The Education Department’s civil rights division lost nearly half its staff amid mass layoffs, prompting questions about whether it has the ability to address complaints.
The Trump administration insists it hasn’t wavered in its duty to protect the civil rights of America’s children even as it dismantles the Education Department. Yet its own data shows the agency has resolved far fewer civil rights cases than in past years, despite families filing more complaints.
The Education Department’s civil rights branch lost nearly half its staff amid mass layoffs in March, raising questions about its ability to address a deep backlog of complaints from students alleging discrimination based on disability, sex or race. Pressed on the issue in June, Education Secretary Linda McMahon denied a slowdown.
“Not only are we reducing the backlog, but we are keeping up with the current amount with a reduced staff because we are doing it efficiently,” McMahon said at a Senate budget hearing.
By several measures, however, the output of the Office for Civil Rights appears to have fallen sharply in comparison with previous years. A public database of the office’s resolution agreements — cases in which schools or universities voluntarily agreed to address civil rights concerns — suggests the office’s work has slowed.
The database lists just 65 resolutions so far this year, on pace to fall far below previous years’ totals. Last year the office logged 380 resolutions in total, following 561 in 2023. During President Donald Trump’s first term, the office averaged more than 800 resolutions a year, including 1,300 during his first year in office.
Other internal data obtained by The Associated Press show a similar trend. Since Trump took office, the total number of resolved cases is down about 40% from the same time frame last year — including cases that...
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civil rights = discriminate against straight, white, males....
There should be no civil rights division in any department. The courts are the correct venue to enforce civil rights laws.
Fettgub has no business in education. None.
Good.
What “civil rights work” is that?
Woke nonsense to put black people in jobs that are not qualified for?
I still don’t see a rush to abolish the DoEd, do you?
Abolish, entirely. Totally. You see it anywhere?
What have been the accomplishments of the DOE/CRD? Who populates the division and what are the political demographics?
RE: civil rights = discriminate against straight, white, males....
Like the song
We shall overcome white males someday🙋🏿🙋🏿♂️🎶🎶🎙️🔊🔊
We shall overcome, someday.
Deep in my heart I got TDS
and we shall overcome someday.
Only in my fevered imagination.
In reality, government is just going to get more and more out of control.
Check
It also equals lots of BS claims.
Racist, sexist, bigoted, anti-American work is slowing as Trump dismantles the Education Department
There, fixed it.
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Good. We’ve got 21 million “civil rights” and “due process” Marxist scumbags trampling over Americans and America. I hope they all suffer. I saw a lot of Illegal Alien scumbag invaders using my money to have breakfast at IHOP this morning. The scumbags seem to have a thing for IHOP, Texas Roadhouse and other restaurants. I don’t think they ever eat at home. I’ve never seen them buying groceries anywhere. They normally help themselves while shopping at Walmart. I guess “free stuff” is big in Mehico also if that’s how they usually shop.
Agreed.
Amen. Well said.
Exactly what did the civil rights division do about the racist violence against Jews on campus from October 2003 until the end of the Biden regime in January 2025? Is the civil rights division composed of racist anti-Semites?
One wonders how an Ed employee would handle complaint calls. In English, ebonics or word salad.
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