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Civil Rights Enforcement

• Key Changes Would Alter The Government's Massive Survey On Schools And Civil Rights, National Public Radio, October 19, 2019

• Study Contradicts Betsy Betsy DeVos' Reason for Eliminating School Discipline Guidance, U.S. News & World Report, January 4, 2019

• DeVos’ Inspector General to Audit Dismissals of Civil Rights Complaints, ProPublica, November 29, 2018

• How Do You Enforce Civil Rights? Under Betsy DeVos, a Stark Shift in Approach, The Washington Post, July 30, 2018​

• DeVos Has Scuttled More Than 1,200 Civil Rights Probes Inherited From Obama, ProPublica, June 21, 2018

• School Discipline Regulations Are Eminently Reasonable, Real Clear Education, June 19, 2018

• Federal Guidance on School Discipline Shouldn't Be a Partisan Issue; It Should Be Common Sense, Education Law Pro Blog, May 3, 2018

• Keep Guidelines in Place that Work to Ensure Fair Discipline for Black, Brown Students, USA Today, January 6, 2018

• School Discipline Debate Central to Hearing for Trump Civil Rights Nominee, Education Week, December 5, 2017

• As the Education Department Strips Away Civil Rights Protections, New Coalition Aims to Fight for Students, The Intercept, November 10, 2017

• Trump Stance on Civil Rights Is 'Distressing and Dangerous,' Obama Official Says, Education Week, July 20, 2017

• Local Advocates Brace for Changes in Federal Education Civil Rights Policy, Philadelphia Public School Notebook, July 17, 2017

• Betsy DeVos Tells a Top Critic: Obama Civil Rights Approach 'Harmed Students', Education Week, July 16, 2017

• Another Sign of Retreat on Civil Rights, New York Times, June 28, 2017

• Education Dept. Says It Will Scale Back Civil Rights Investigations, New York Times, June 16, 2017 

• Trump Administration Plans to Minimize Civil Rights Efforts in Agencies, Washington Post, May 29, 2017

• School Discipline in a Post-Obama World, The Atlantic, December 20, 2016

• Civil Rights Groups Wary on Federal Enforcement Stance Under Trump, Education Week, November 23, 2016

• How Disability Rights Advocates Turned Back the Trump Administration’s Attack on Students of Color, ACLU, March 18, 2019

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Race and Disability 

• Update on Judicial Decision Regarding Significant Disproportionality, US Department of Education, April 4, 2019

• US Education Department Postpones Implementation of the "Equity in IDEA" or "Significant Disproportionality" Regulations, Federal Register, July 3, 2018

• Betsy DeVos Shows Her True Colors with Effort to Block Help for Disabled Students Alternet, July 11, 2019

• The Special Olympics Are Safe, But What about Other Programs DeVos Would Cut?, The Hill, April 15, 2019

• Trump Administration Recommends Slashing Civil Rights Protections for Students of Color, ACLU, December 19, 2018

• Trump Administration Limits Civil Rights Protections for Children and Youth of Color, Civil Rights Roundtable, November 15, 2018

• COPAA Challenges Secretary Devos’s Decision to Delay Implementation of Equity in Idea Regulation, COPAA, July 12, 2018

• On July 4th Eve, Jeff Sessions Quietly Rescinds a Bunch of Protections for Minorities, Law and Crime, July 3, 2018

• National Association of State Directors of Special Education's Letter to Sec. DeVos Urging Prompt Implementation of the Equity in IDEA Rule, February 6, 2018

• Trump Directive Spurs Proposal To Delay IDEA Rule, Disability Scoop, February 27, 2018

• DeVos Mulled Delay of Obama Special Ed Rule (on race and disability), POLITICO, October 26, 2017

• Will Betsy DeVos Change Course on Racial Disparities in School Discipline?, Education Week, October 16, 2017

• ACLU Comments on Equity in IDEA Compliance Delay, ACLU, May 2018

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LGBTQ

• Secretary DeVos is Failing to Protect the Civil Rights of LGBTQ Students Center for American Progress, August 2019

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School Safety

• Trump Administration Recommends Slashing Civil Rights Protections for Students of Color, ACLU, December 19, 2018

• Seven Big Takeaways From Trump Commission's School Safety Report, Education Week, December 18, 2018

• School Safety Panel Will Not Look at Guns, DeVos Says, AP, June 5, 2018

• U.S. Department Of Education Is Sued For Withholding Information On Arming Teachers, Huffington Post, October 17, 2018

• Betsy DeVos Won't Be "Taking Any Action" to Stop Schools from Purchasing Firearms with Federal Funding, TeenVogue, September 1, 2018

• Back Mental-Health Support, Don't Arm Teachers, School-Safety Panel Told, Education Week, June 6, 2018

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Immigration Enforcement

• White House Sought Ways to Block Undocumented Immigrant Children From Attending Public Schools, Time, August 18, 2019  

• In a Speech to School Police, Attorney General Jeff Sessions Focuses on Immigration, Education Week, June 25, 2018, Transcript of speech to the National Association of School Resource Officers

• DeVos Backtracks, Says Schools Can't Call ICE on Students, The Hill, June 5, 2018

• Trump Order Could Give Immigration Agents a Foothold in US Schools, Guardian, August 22, 2017

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