The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) and the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) recently filed a suit against the U.S. Department of Education over changes to the Education Department's rules for civil right investigations.
In March 2018, the federal Department of Education amended the office for Civil Rights Case Processing Manual unilaterally. The changes include new provisions to require dismissal of certain complaints and the elimination of complainants’ right to appeal OCR decisions. OCR has a Case
Processing Manual specifying how its offices respond to complaints. In changes made recently,
ED mandates that complaints by anyone who has previously filed a pattern of complaints will be
dismissed without investigation. The changes also eliminate the appeals rights of complainants.
The actual complaint filed in the U S District Court fro the District of Maryland is available here.Here is a Washington Post article on the lawsuit. This is a post by our friends at the Council for Exceptional Children.
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