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.
On Wednesday, 96 Democratic members of Congress sent a letter to Carter requesting an "urgent" meeting to discuss the Trump administration's plans for what they say is to "illegally dismantle or drastically reduce" the Education Department.
Board member Tom McMillin, a Republican, supported discussion for an audit, saying, "For some reason, our state refuses to look at compensatory education for special ed students, and how that was swept under the rug during COVID and post-COVID, and many of these kids, unfortunately have aged out of the system.â
âI am grateful that the Supreme Court of the United States agreed that no part of the Biden administrationâs Title IX rule should go into effect while the case proceeds,â said Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti in a statement on Friday.
