US agreement offers a way to shift school civil rights enforcement to Justice Department
Record 22,687 complaints filed in fiscal 2024 as former officials warn most may go uninvestigated
The Trump administration has announced an interagency agreement that provides a way to shift the Department of Education's civil rights enforcement work to the Department of Justice, a change that two former department officials say could leave most student complaints uninvestigated and that complaints investigated could take years to resolve.