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National
The U.S. Department of Education has released its 2023-24 Civil Rights Data Collection more than eight months later than initially planned, providing nationwide information on racial, ethnic, and disability-based disparities across virtually every federally funded school district, as well as charter, alternative, and juvenile justice schools. Unlike previous releases, the department quietly published only raw data files without an accompanying report highlighting major findings, trends, or comparisons with earlier years. The collection includes new measures covering preschool discipline, teacher absenteeism, and credit recovery, but the Trump administration withheld collected information on gender identity-based harassment and nonbinary students. The 2025-26 collection will also eliminate some gender identity and nonbinary reporting measures, prompting concerns among researchers that changing requirements could make it harder to consistently track disparities and student experiences over time. The department has confirmed that the congressionally authorized data collection will continue, with preparations for the 2027-28 and 2029-30 cycles already underway.
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California
The Trump administration has proposed Treasury regulations that would threaten the tax-exempt status of private K-12 schools, colleges, and trade schools that use race-based preferences in admissions, scholarships, financial aid, athletics, or other programs. The rules, which the Treasury Department says would affect 18,000 educational institutions, would still allow schools to consider race-neutral factors such as family income, geography, individual hardship, academic achievement, and first-generation status, as well as religious affiliation. The administration has tied the proposal to the Supreme Court’s 2023 affirmative-action ruling and its broader campaign against DEI initiatives, while critics argue the regulations go beyond the court’s decision and could discourage schools from pursuing programs aimed at addressing discrimination. The rules would take effect after May 31, 2027, and educators and advocates have 60 days to submit comments or request a public hearing.
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Texas
The Trump administration has proposed Treasury regulations that would threaten the tax-exempt status of private K-12 schools, colleges, and trade schools that use race-based preferences in admissions, scholarships, financial aid, athletics, or other programs. The rules, which the Treasury Department says would affect 18,000 educational institutions, would still allow schools to consider race-neutral factors such as family income, geography, individual hardship, academic achievement, and first-generation status, as well as religious affiliation. The administration has tied the proposal to the Supreme Court’s 2023 affirmative-action ruling and its broader campaign against DEI initiatives, while critics argue the regulations go beyond the court’s decision and could discourage schools from pursuing programs aimed at addressing discrimination. The rules would take effect after May 31, 2027, and educators and advocates have 60 days to submit comments or request a public hearing.
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Florida
New U.S. Department of Justice guidance has raised concerns among disability advocates and researchers that schools could scale back transition planning designed to prepare students with disabilities for college, employment, and independent living. The DOJ has said it will no longer rely on Olmstead guidance when enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act, although the 1999 Supreme Court ruling itself has not been overturned. Experts warn that the change could confuse educators about their obligations and weaken expectations for community-based, independent living, while transition plans required under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act must still address postsecondary education or training, employment, and, when appropriate, independent living. Three Democratic lawmakers have called on the DOJ to rescind the guidance, arguing that it risks reversing decades of progress toward greater integration for people with disabilities.
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