
Education Department: OCR Workplace Lawsuit & Investigation
The Education Department faces a lawsuit over OCR workplace changes, mass layoffs, and high case dismissals. Concerns raised about civil rights enforcement and agency responsibilities.
The Education Department faces a lawsuit over OCR workplace changes, mass layoffs, and high case dismissals. Concerns raised about civil rights enforcement and agency responsibilities.
Education Department ordered to restore laid-off OCR staff after layoffs halt civil rights investigations. Discrimination complaints backlog grows, sparking legal action and concern for students.
"With today’s approval by the full Committee, we are one step closer to delivering on our continued commitment to restoring trust with the American people by laying a foundation for transparency and fiscal responsibility in the appropriations process," said Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Ala., chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee, in a statement issued Wednesday.