United States: U.S. Department of Education Removes Disparate-Impact From Title VI Regulations

Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s (the Department’s) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced significant deregulatory actions to ensure equal educational opportunities and treatment for students across the country. In accordance with Executive Order 14281, the Department is rescinding several disparate-impact provisions from the Department’s regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 […]