As public pressure to enforce civil rights law
escalates, the Department of Education released the results of its most
recent civil rights investigation today. The subject of the five-year
compliance review was the Toledo City School District in Ohio, where
Black students make up close to half the K-12 population.
The Department of Education's Office of Civil
Rights routinely screens school agencies for discrimination, in
accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which
prohibits racial discrimination in federally-funded entities or
projects.
While Toledo "has taken several positive steps"
to keep education equitable, the investigation "did identify a number of
potential Title VI compliance concerns regarding equitable access to
resources for African American students, including experienced teachers,
teachers with master's degrees, and library access for K-8 students,
and live distance learning classes for high school students," the report
read.
An unrelated Justice Department investigation
over disparities in student discipline and provisions for English
language-learners is also ongoing.
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Source: NBC News
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