Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently published an updated list of resolved cases and made the letters and agreements available to the public The volume and content of these disability-related agreements signal there is continued robust enforcement of Section 504 of...
Many of us have become accustomed to using the U.S. Department of Education’s “Recent Resolution Search” page to find resolution agreements and letters going back more than a decade. The search function allows users to use a keyword search and to narrow down the cases...
Image: Collegiate Swimmer in a swim lane with text that reads: ED UPenn Title IX Resolution. The Department of Education opened an investigation into the University of Pennsylvania in February 2025 relating to the participation of a transgender woman on the...
On Thursday April 3 the U.S. Department of Education announced that it will make efforts to “streamline” and “rightsize” higher education’s Title IV regulations, starting with holding public hearings and establishing committees for negotiated rulemaking. The...
On March 20, 2025 President Trump signed a long-anticipated Executive Order titled Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities that directs the Secretary of Education to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the...
On March 10, 2025, the Department of Education (ED) announced that it sent letters to 60 colleges and universities “warning them of potential enforcement actions if they do not fulfill their obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to protect Jewish students...
