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Education Department dismisses thousands of civil rights complaints at an ‘unheard of’ pace
“We should be concerned about that amount, especially given the way that this administration has prioritized weaponizing civil rights laws and distorting these laws,” said Shiwali Patel, senior director of safe and inclusive schools at the National Women’s Law Center.
She said the number of dismissals signals that students and parents “can’t rely on this administration to protect them from discrimination.”
