Education Department Can Cut Half of OCR Staff for Now, Appeals Court Rules

Appeals Court Says Ed. Dept. Can Fire Civil Rights Staff

Office for civil rights employees had already begun returning to work under a court order

Admin greenlit to slash civil rights enforcement at Dept of Ed…

Education Department can cut half of OCR staff for now, appeals court rules

The order comes as the agency was complying with a prior court order to return laid-off Office for Civil Rights staffers back to work.

Appeals Court Allows Department of Education Jobs Cuts at Civil Rights Office

The federal government can proceed with its plans to make cuts to the Department of Education’s (ED) Office of Civil Rights after a federal appeals court on Sept. 29 ruled against a lower court injunction blocking the action. In its appeal, the Trump administration cited a July Supreme Court ruling that lifted a lower court block preventing the ED from moving ahead with planned layoffs. That lawsuit was filed by a group of Democratic-led states,…

Trump can slash Education Department's civil rights staff, court rules

By Nate Raymond