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The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights, best known for enforcing the right to disability services, ordered to refocus priorities on antisemitism, transgender issues and anti-DEI complaints

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The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights, best known for enforcing the right to disability services, ordered to refocus priorities on antisemitism, transgender issues and anti-DEI complaints

cm0002@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 2 months ago

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An office known for enforcing special education is now focused on Trump's political priorities

The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights is best known for enforcing disability rights across America’s schools, but under President Donald Trump it’s being reshaped into a frontline figure in the president’s political battles.

follow-up story: https://apnews.com/article/education-department-disability-civil-rights-complaint-218a04f50bcf21cb02175e8565a3a287

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for a split second, I read “focusing on transgender issues” to mean that they’re focusing on combatting transphobia, rather than mandating it 😭
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